Eudonia steropaea

Eudonia steropaea
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. steropaea
Binomial name
Eudonia steropaea (Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Scoparia steropaea Meyrick, 1884

Eudonia steropaea is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] Meyrick gave a detailed description of this species in 1885.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is 13–16 mm. The forewings are pale fuscous, irrorated with darker. There is a small blackish spot at the base of the inner margin and a straight black streak from the base to somewhat before the middle of the disc, almost meeting a triangular blackish blotch. The first line is indicated by an angulated darker posterior margin. The second line is white. The hindwings are grey-whitish, the hindmargin somewhat suffused with darker. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[5]

Hosts

It has been hypothesised that the hosts of this moth are species in the moss genus Campylopus including Campylopus introflexus.[6][7]

References

1. "Eudonia steropaea (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. 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 27 January 2018.
3. 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.
4. Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 27 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 27 January 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
6. R. J. B. Hoare (February 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. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54578051.
7. Glime, J. M. (2020). "Chapters 12-14". Bryophyte Ecology. Vol. 2 (published 19 July 2020). p. 10.