Eudonia octophora
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Eudonia |
| Species: | E. octophora
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Eudonia octophora is a species of moth belonging to the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands as well as the Chatham Islands. This species is known to inhabit wetlands and its larval plant host are species within the genus Juncus. Adults are commonly on the wing from October until May and are attracted to light.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 and originally named Xeroscopa octophora.[4] He described this species more fully in 1885.[5] He used species collected at various locations in the lower half of the South Island.[5] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Scoparia octophora, though his illustration was regarded by John S. Dugdale as dubious.[6][2] In 1988 Dugdale placed this species in the genus Eudonia.[2] The male lectotype specimen, collected at Castle Hill, Canterbury, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
Male, female. — 22-24 mm. Head and thorax brownish-ochreous, shoulders irrorated with dark fuscous. Palpi 3+1⁄2, dark fuscous, mixed with white above, basal joint white. Antennae fuscous; ciliations 1⁄2. Abdomen ochreous-whitish. Legs whitish-ochreous, anterior pair suffused with dark fuscous. Forewings rather elongate, triangular, costa slightly arched, apex round-pointed, kind margin slightly sinuate, rather oblique; brownish-ochreous, more or less irrorated with dark fuscous, generally forming dark lines on veins, and with a few white scales; first line obscurely pale, posteriorly indistinctly dark-margined, curved, indented, hardly oblique; orbicular and claviform suffused, dark fuscous, generally obscure; reniforrn 8-shaped, somewhat blackish-margined, upper half ochreous, lower half white; second line whitish, distinct, dark-margined, moderately curved in middle; a hindmarginal row of black clots : cilia ochreous-whitish, with two dark grey lines. Hindwings 1+2⁄5, ochreous-grey-whitish, postmedian line and apex obscurely greyer; cilia ochreous-white, with a faint grey line. Recognizable by the brownish-ochreous ground-colour and well-defined reniforrn, with the lower half white.[5]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has been observed in both the North and South Islands as well as the Chatham Islands.[6]
Habitat and hosts
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This species is known to inhabit wetlands with rushes present.[7] The larval host plant are species within the genus Juncus.[8]
Behaviour
[edit]Adults have been recorded on wing most commonly between October to May.[5] Adults are attracted to light.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Eudonia octophora (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ a b c d Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 157. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 236. Wikidata Q113372586.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d Edward Meyrick (1885). "Art. XI. — Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 118. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q113379604. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, pp. 203–204, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review Coronet Peak Conservation Resources Report - Part 2 (PDF) (Report). Land Information New Zealand. January 2006. p. Appendix 6. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ Esperschuetz, Juergen (2018). Restoration research - Punakaiki Coastal Restoration Project, 2014-2016 (PDF). Mike Bowie, Carol M.S. Smith, Mick Abbott, Nicholas M. Dickinson, Lincoln University. Department of Ecology. [Christchurch]: Lincoln University. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-86476-418-8. OCLC 1204405272.
- ^ B. H. Patrrick; R. D. Archibald (January 1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q105740584.
