Eudonia alopecias

Eudonia alopecias
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Male lectotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. alopecias
Binomial name
Eudonia alopecias (Meyrick, 1901)
Synonyms
Scoparia alopecias Meyrick, 1901

Eudonia alopecias is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found at Aoraki / Mount Cook in February.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901 using specimens collected at Aoraki / Mount Cook in February by R. W. Fereday and named Scoparia alopecias. Hudson discussed this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia. The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂ 23 m.m., ♀ 18 m.m. Head, palpi, and thorax ferruginous-brown ; palpi 2+1⁄2-3, white towards base beneath. Antennal ciliations of ♂ 1⁄3. Abdomen brownish. Forewings elongate, gradually dilated, costa nearly straight, slightly sinuate, apex obtuse, termen slightly sinuate, rather oblique ; ferruginous-brown, in ♂ sprinkled with white towards termen : cilia greyish-ochreous, with two cloudy ferruginous-brown shades. Hindwings 1+1⁄4, in ♂ very pale whitish-fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged, termen suffused with fuscous, in ♀ fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly ; cilia fuscous-whitish, in ♀ fuscous at base.

Distribution

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Aoraki Mount Cook, type locality of E. alopecias.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found at Mount Cook.

Behaviour

Adults have been recorded on wing in February.