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Eudonia ustiramis

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Eudonia ustiramis
Female
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species:
E. ustiramis
Binomial name
Eudonia ustiramis
(Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Scoparia ustiramis Meyrick, 1931

Eudonia ustiramis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Taxonomy

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This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931 using a specimen collected by S.C. Patterson in Whangārei in January and named Scoparia ustiramis.[3][2] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[2][4] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Eudonia.[2] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

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Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂ 16 mm. Head, thorax grey mixed white. Palpi dark grey, apical edge white. Forewings elongate-triangular, termen slightly rounded, oblique; grey, costal and dorsal thirds suffusedly irrorated white; an irregular streak of black irroration beneath cell from base to end; a slenderer black streak in cell from middle to end, terminating in a white dot on angle of cell, and five rather irregular black lines on veins to termen, black dots on ends of terminal veins: cilia whitish-grey, a light grey subbasal line. Hindwings light grey; cilia pale grey, a darker subbasal shade.[3]

The wing pattern of this species is variable and the holotype has strong dark longitudinal streaks on its forewings.[5] Other specimens of this species have been confirmed through the comparison of male genitalia.[5]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to New Zealand.[6][1] For many years this species was only known from its type locality.[5] However, in recent years it has been identified as a very locally common species of Northland and Auckland.[5]

Habitat

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This species is known to inhabit gumland heaths.[5]

Conservation status

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This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eudonia ustiramis (Meyrick, 1931)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1931). "New species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 62: 92–97 – via National Library of New Zealand.
  4. ^ Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 423. OCLC 221041540. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e Hoare, R. J. B.; Rhode, B. E.; Emmerson, A. W. (2012). "Larger moths of New Zealand: Image gallery and online guide. : Notes on Scopariinae". www.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 8.
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