Eudonia linealis

Eudonia linealis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Eudonia linealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Eudonia
Species:
E. linealis
Binomial name
Eudonia linealis
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia linealis Walker, 1866

Taxonomy

It was originally described by Francis Walker in 1866 using a specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and named Scoparia linealis.[2][3] Hudson discussed this species in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand as a synonym of Scoparia submarginalis.[4] 1988 John S. Dugdale placed the species in the genus Eudonia.[2] There is debate as to whether this species is recognised as the type specimen is lacking its abdomen.[5] It has been hypothesized that the holotype of this species, held at the Natural History Museum, London, may be a worn specimen of Eudonia philerga.[5]

Description

Walker described the species as follows:

Female. Blackish. Body beneath and legs silvery white. Palpi porrect, fringed, a little longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint lanceolate, less than half the length of the second. Antennae very slender. Legs smooth. Fore wings slightly acute, thickly hoary-speckled, except an interrupted black longitudinal line in the disk and a few slender longitudinal interrupted black streaks near the exterior border; two hoary slightly zigzag lines; one at rather beyond one-fourth of the length, black-bordered on the outer side; the other at much beyond three-fourths of the length, black-bordered on the inner side ; marginal points black. Hind wings aeneous-cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wines 9 lines.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6] The type specimen was collected in Nelson.[2] This species has possibly been rediscovered at Canaan Downs on Takaka Hill by Ian Millar.[7]

Conservation status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[8]

References
  1. "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia linealis (Walker, 1866)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  3. Walker, Francis (1866). "Supplement, part 4". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 34: 1121–1533 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 297. OCLC 25449322.
  5. Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Notes on Scopariinae". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  6. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  7. "NZTCS Lepidoptera spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  8. Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 5.


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