Eudonia submarginalis

Eudonia submarginalis
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Eudonia
Species:	E. submarginalis
Binomial name
	Eudonia submarginalis; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	(Walker, 1863 Walker, 1863 ; Nephopteryx maoriella Hypochalcia submarginalis; Walker, 1866 Scoparia submarginalis;

Eudonia submarginalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae.^[3] It was described by Francis Walker in 1863.^[4]^[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

The larvae of this species feed on lichens, bryophytes and grasses. Adults of the species have been observed visiting the flowers of Leptospermum scoparium, Olearia virgata, Helichrysum intermedium and Dracophyllum acerosum likely feeding from and pollinating them.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Eudonia submarginalis (Walker, 1863)". 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. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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^ Walker, Francis (1863). "Crambites and Tortricites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 27-28: 1–286. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
^ "Eudonia submarginalis (Walker, 1863) - Invertebrate herbivore report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-07-27.
^ Primack, Richard B. (1983-07-01). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561.

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