Eudonia philerga

Eudonia philerga
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Hexapoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. philerga
Binomial name
	Eudonia philerga; (Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Scoparia philerga Meyrick, 1884 ;

Eudonia philerga is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4][2] This species was named by Edward Meyrick is 1884.[1] Meyrick gave a detailed description of the adult moth in 1885.[5]

The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are white, mixed with grey and irrorated with black. There is a thick interrupted blackish streak from the base of the costa. The first line is white, blackish-margined posteriorly. The second line is white, dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, somewhat tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing in December, January, March and April.[5]

The larvae of this species feed on mosses.[6] Adults of the species have been observed visiting the flowers of Leptospermum scoparium and Olearia virgata likely feeding from them.[6][7]

References

"NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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.
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.
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.
"Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
Primack, Richard B. (1983-07-01). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561.

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[NZOR-1] "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[Dugdale1988-2] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[NZIB-3] 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.

[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.

[Meyrick1885-5] 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.

[:0-6] "Eudonia philerga (Meyrick, 1884) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-23.

[7] Primack, Richard B. (1983-07-01). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561.