Eudonia meliturga
| Eudonia meliturga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eudonia |
| Species: | E. meliturga |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudonia meliturga (Meyrick, 1905) | |
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Eudonia meliturga is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1905. It is found in New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, suffused with pale ochreous-yellowish in the disc and sprinkled with dark fuscous. The first line is ochreous-white, edged posteriorly with dark fuscous suffusion. The second line is ochreous-white, edged anteriorly with dark fuscous. The terminal area is irrorated with dark fuscous and there is an ochreous-whitish subterminal line, as well as an interrupted ochreous-white terminal line. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, suffused with grey posteriorly. Adults have been recorded on wing in December and January.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera
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