Biology:Eudonia thyridias

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Short description: Species of moth


Eudonia thyridias
Eudonia thyridias male.jpg
Male
Eudonia thyridias female.jpg
Female
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E. thyridias
Binomial name
Eudonia thyridias
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia thyridias Meyrick, 1905

Eudonia thyridias is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish, irrorated with dark fuscous. The first line is white and there is an oblong pellucid patch in the middle of the disc, preceded and followed by blotches of orange suffusion. The second line is white and the subterminal line is whitish. The hindwings are light grey, but darker terminally.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Eudonia thyridias (Meyrick, 1905)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/8c7d1244-ece0-430a-accf-45bc1556b78c. 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. 4.0 4.1 Meyrick, E. (1905-07-01). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera." (in en). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x. ISSN 1365-2311. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14788049. 
  5. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13618361 entry