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Genus Eudonia

Eudonia Moth - Eudonia torniplagalis Hodges #4738 - Striped Eudonia Moth - Eudonia strigalis Scoparia sp.? - Eudonia Moth - Eudonia heterosalis Eudonia strigalis - Striped Eudonia - Eudonia strigalis crambid snout moth - Eudonia heterosalis Eudonia leucophthalma - Eudonia possible Eudonia spaldingalis - Eudonia spaldingalis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Scopariinae
Genus Eudonia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Billberg, 1820
Numbers
Eighteen Eudonia species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)(2), (MPG list)
Food
European members of this genus feed on mosses (1)
Print References
Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 170.(1)
Munroe, E. G. 1972. The Moths of America North of Mexico: Scopariinae, Nymphulinae. Fascicle 13.1A.(3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.Annotated check list of the Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera) of America North of Mexico
Scholtens, B.G., Solis, A.M. 2015. ZooKeys 535: 1–136. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.535.6086.
3.The Moths of North America North of Mexico. Fascicle 13.1A. Scopariinae, Nymphulinae
Eugene Munroe. 1972. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.