Eudonia thyridias is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5]
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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. thyridias
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The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are brownish, irrorated with dark fuscous. The first line is white and there is an oblong pellucid patch in the middle of the disc, preceded and followed by blotches of orange suffusion. The second line is white and the subterminal line is whitish. The hindwings are light grey, but darker terminally.[4]
References edit
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- ^ a b "Eudonia thyridias (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1905-07-01). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x. ISSN 1365-2311 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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- ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
