Biology:Eudonia paltomacha

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Short description: Species of moth


Eudonia paltomacha
Fig 37 MA I437620 TePapa Plate-XXI-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of female
Fig 36 MA I437620 TePapa Plate-XXI-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of male
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E. paltomacha
Binomial name
Eudonia paltomacha
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia paltomacha Meyrick, 1884
  • (Meyrick, 1884) Witlesia paltomacha

Eudonia paltomacha is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is 22–24 mm for males and about 17 mm for females. The forewings are light fuscous, irrorated with whitish. The veins are lined with blackish and there is a whitish dot in the disc beyond the middle, margined above with blackish. The hindwings are grey-whitish. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Eudonia paltomacha (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/f6c586b1-1901-46f2-92b7-62da52858d06. Retrieved 26 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: 157. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 26 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. 
  5. "GlobIZ search". http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  6. 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/33934535. Retrieved 26 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13618341 entry