Eudonia xysmatias

Eudonia xysmatias
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. xysmatias
Binomial name
	Eudonia xysmatias; (Meyrick, 1907)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Scoparia xysmatias Meyrick, 1907 ;

Eudonia xysmatias is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with yellowish-ferruginous scales and suffused with black. The first and second lines are represented by a straight series of whitish scales surrounded with yellowish-ferruginous suffusion. The hindwings are dark grey, sprinkled with blackish.[4]

References

"Eudonia xysmatias (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 27 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. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 106–121. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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[NZOR-1] "Eudonia xysmatias (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[Dugdale1988-2] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[NZIB-3] 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.

[Meyrick1907-4] Meyrick, E. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 106–121. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

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