Eudonia torodes

Eudonia torodes
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. torodes
Binomial name
Eudonia torodes
(Meyrick, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia torodes Meyrick, 1901
  • Scoparia galactilis Hudson, 1913

Eudonia torodes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

Eudonia torodes

This species was first described in 1901 by Edward Meyrick and originally named Scoparia torodes. In 1913, thinking he was describing a new species, George Hudson named this species Scoparia galactilis. This name was synonymised by Hudson in 1939. In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. 1 2 "Eudonia torodes (Meyrick, 1901)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1901). "XVII. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 49 (4): 565–580. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb01373.x. Wikidata Q56158899. BHL page 41672549Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.