Eudonia perierga is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania.[1]
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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. perierga
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| Binomial name | |
| Eudonia perierga (Meyrick, 1885)
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The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are white, suffused with light greyish fuscous or yellowish fuscous, and irregularly irrorated (sprinkled) with black. There is a short thick interrupted cloudy blackish streak from the base of the costa. The first line is whitish, margined by triangular black spots posteriorly on the costa and inner margin. The second line is white, anteriorly dark-margined. The hindwings are whitish grey suffused with darker, the apex and upper part of the hindmargin suffused with dark fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing in December.[2]
References edit
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 – via National Library of New Zealand.