Eudonia manganeutis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

Eudonia manganeutis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. manganeutis
Binomial name
Eudonia manganeutis
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia manganeutis Meyrick, 1885

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are light grey, mixed with white and irrorated with black. The first line is white, margined by dark posteriorly. The second line is whitish and also dark-margined. The hindwings are whitish-grey with a grey hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[6]

The larvae of this species feed on mosses.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia manganeutis (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 156. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  6. ^ 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.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ "Eudonia manganeutis (Meyrick, 1884) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-23.