Eudonia colpota

Eudonia colpota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. colpota
Binomial name
	Eudonia colpota; (Meyrick, 1888)
Synonyms
	Scoparia colpota Meyrick, 1888 ;

Eudonia colpota is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3][4]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown in the basal three-fifths, and the terminal two-fifths is light-grey. The hindwings are very pale whitish-grey, with a darker grey postmedian line and hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[2]

References

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.
Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 62–73. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
"Eudonia colpota (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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[NZIB-1] 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.

[:0-2] Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 62–73. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[3] "Eudonia colpota (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 24 January 2018.

[4] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.