Eudonia alopecias

Eudonia alopecias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. alopecias
Binomial name
Eudonia alopecias
(Meyrick, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia alopecias Meyrick, 1901

Eudonia alopecias is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1901. It is found in New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is about 23 mm for males and 18 mm for females. The forewings are ferruginous-brown, in males sprinkled with white towards the termen. The hindwings of the males are very pale whitish-fuscous, slightly brassy-tinged and the termen suffused with fuscous. The hindwings of the females are fuscous, becoming darker posteriorly. Adults have been recorded on wing in February.[2]

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