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Eudonia alopecias

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Species of moth

Eudonia alopecias
Male lectotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. alopecias
Binomial name
Eudonia alopecias
(Meyrick, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia alopecias Meyrick, 1901

Eudonia alopecias is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found at Aoraki / Mount Cook in February.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 using specimens collected at Aoraki / Mount Cook in February by R. W. Fereday and named Scoparia alopecias. Hudson discussed this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia. The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂ 23 m.m., ♀ 18 m.m. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-brown ; palpi 2+1⁄2-3, white towards base beneath. Antennal ciliations of ♂ 1⁄3. Abdomen brownish. Forewings elongate, gradually dilated, costa nearly straight, slightly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; ferruginous-brown, in ♂ sprinkled with white towards termen : cilia greyish-ochreous, with two cloudy ferruginous-brown shades. Hindwings 1+1⁄4, in ♂ very pale whitish-fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged, termen suffused with fuscous, in ♀ fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous-whitish, in ♀ fuscous at base.

Distribution

Aoraki Mount Cook, type locality of E. alopecias.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found at Mount Cook.

Behaviour

Adults have been recorded on wing in February.

References

  1. ^ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia alopecias (Meyrick, 1901)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  2. ^ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 154. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ Edward Meyrick (December 1901). "XVII. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 49 (4): 570. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1901.TB01373.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q56158899.
  4. ^ Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 196, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
Taxon identifiers
Eudonia alopecias
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