Biology:Eudonia steropaea

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Eudonia steropaea
Eudonia steropaea female.jpg
Female
Eudonia steropaea male.jpg
Male
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E. steropaea
Binomial name
Eudonia steropaea
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia steropaea Meyrick, 1884

Eudonia steropaea is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] Meyrick gave a detailed description of this species in 1885.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, irrorated with darker. There is a small blackish spot at the base of the inner margin and a straight black streak from the base to somewhat before the middle of the disc, almost meeting a triangular blackish blotch. The first line is indicated by an angulated darker posterior margin. The second line is white. The hindwings are grey-whitish, the hindmargin somewhat suffused with darker. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Eudonia steropaea (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/dd5adf1f-c568-4515-9ff1-f6563b4bf9ab. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 158. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  3. , p. 458 , Wikidata Q45922947
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera" (in en). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863307. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 68–120. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934533. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5406722 entry