Eudonia quaestoria

Eudonia quaestoria
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. quaestoria
Binomial name
	Eudonia quaestoria; (Meyrick, 1929)[1]
Synonyms
	Scoparia quaestoria Meyrick, 1929 ;

Eudonia quaestoria is a moth in the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The forewings are brown, with a slight ferruginous tinge. The first and second lines are whitish. The hindwings are whitish-grey, but greyer posteriorly. Adults have been recorded on wing in November.[3]

References

"NZOR Name Details - Eudonia quaestoria (Meyrick, 1929)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 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, E. (1930). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 60: 483–490 – via National Library of New Zealand.
Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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[NZOR-1] "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia quaestoria (Meyrick, 1929)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[NZIB-2] 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.

[:0-3] Meyrick, E. (1930). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 60: 483–490 – via National Library of New Zealand.

[Dugdale1988-4] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

[5] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.