Eudonia minualis
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. minualis
Binomial name
Eudonia minualis
(Walker, 1866)[1]
Synonyms
  • Scoparia minualis Walker, 1866
  • Scoparia chimeria Meyrick, 1885

Eudonia minualis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by Francis Walker in 1866.[3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The larvae feed on mosses on the bark of Olearia bullata and Olearia hectorii.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Eudonia minualis (Walker, 1866)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Walker, Francis (1866). "Supplement, part 4". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 34: 1121–1533. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 157. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Patrick, B. H. (2000). Lepidoptera of small-leaved divaricating Olearia in New Zealand and their conservation priority (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 21. ISBN 0478220154. OCLC 48661253.


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