Eudonia rectilineata
Eudonia rectilineata is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Wei-Chun Li, Hou-Hun Li and Matthias Nuss in 2012.[1] It is found in China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan).
| Eudonia rectilineata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | E. rectilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Eudonia rectilineata W.-C. Li, H.-H. Li & Nuss, 2012 | |
The length of the forewings is 7–9.5 mm. The forewings are somewhat suffused with pale brown to blackish-brown scales. There is a blackish-brown stripe basally and the antemedian, postmedian and subterminal lines are white. The hindwings are white to pale brown.
Etymology
The species name refers to the forewing with posterior two thirds of the postmedian line straight and is derived from Latin rectus (meaning straight) and lineatus (meaning linear).[2]
References
- Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- Li, Weichun (January 2012). "One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China". Entomotaxonomia. 34 (2): 267–269 – via ResearchGate.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.