Eudonia colpota

Eudonia colpota
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Eudonia
Species: E. colpota
Binomial name
Eudonia colpota
(Meyrick, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia colpota Meyrick, 1888

Eudonia colpota is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1888. It is found in New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are ochreous-brown in the basal three-fifths, and the terminal two-fifths is light-grey. The hindwings are very pale whitish-grey, with a darker grey postmedian line and hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[2]

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