Eudonia rakaiensis
| Eudonia rakaiensis | |
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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. rakaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Eudonia rakaiensis (Knaggs, 1867)
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Eudonia rakaiensis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]
Taxonomy
[edit]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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "NZOR Name Details - Eudonia rakaiaensis (Knaggs, 1867)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.