Eudonia minusculalis is a moth of the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3] Adult moths have been recorded as visiting the flowers of Leptospermum scoparium and likely feeding from and pollinating them.[4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eudonia |
| Species: | E. minusculalis
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| Eudonia minusculalis (Walker, 1866)
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References
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- ^ Wöger, Renate; Wöger, Roland; Nuss, Matthias (2020-07-07). "Spatial and temporal sex ratio bias and Wolbachia-infection in New Zealand Crambidae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 8: e52621. doi:10.3897/BDJ.8.e52621. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 7360630. PMID 32733140.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scoparia minusculalis Walker, 1866a". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Scoparia (s.l.) minusculalis (Walker, 1866) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
- ^ Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q54669862.