Eudonia melanaegis

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

Eudonia melanaegis
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
Eudonia melanaegis
Binomial name
Eudonia melanaegis
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia melanaegis Meyrick, 1885

Adults have been recorded on the wing in December and January.[6]

References
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  1. "Eudonia melanaegis (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 26 January 2018.


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