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]

Eudonia minusculalis
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. minusculalis
Binomial name
Eudonia minusculalis
(Walker, 1866)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia minusculalis Walker, 1866
  • Scoparia minisculalis (Walker, 1866) misspelling

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Scoparia minusculalis Walker, 1866a". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Scoparia (s.l.) minusculalis (Walker, 1866) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  5. ^ 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.