Eudonia rakaiensis

Eudonia rakaiensis
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. rakaiensis
Binomial name
Eudonia rakaiensis (Knaggs, 1867)
Synonyms
Scoparia rakaiensis Knaggs, 1867 Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)

Eudonia rakaiensis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1867 and named Scoparia rakaiensis.[4] John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Eudonia in 1988.[5] However he misspelt the specific epithet as rakaiaensis instead of the correct rakaiensis.[6]

References

1. 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.
2. "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
3. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
4. Knaggs, H.G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN 0013-8908 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
6. Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Lepidoptera of gumland heaths—a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 67–76. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212. S2CID 86494641. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-08 – via Internet Archive.