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Eudonia hemiplaca
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. hemiplaca
Binomial name
Eudonia hemiplaca (Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
Scoparia hemiplaca Meyrick, 1899

Eudonia hemiplaca is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with purplish reflections. There is an obscure line on the lower half which is slightly paler than the ground-colour, as well as a suboblong white blotch which is sprinkled with fuscous and margined by black suffusion. There is second line, which is also slightly paler than the ground-colour. This line is darker-margined and forms a whitish dot on the costa. The hindwings are pale grey with indications of a faint paler postmedian line.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on mosses.

References

1. ^ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia hemiplaca (Meyrick, 1889)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
5. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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