CRAMBIDAE: Scoparinae ⁵

Eudonia choristis (Meyrick, 1907). F.L. 7 mm. Endemic. Locally common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁶

Native forest. Adults are mainly found from November through December. They readily come to light in reasonable numbers.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) memopob, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by memopob
2. (c) Jacob Littlejohn, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Jacob Littlejohn
3. (c) Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eudonia_choristis_male.jpg
4. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_2_MA_I437620_TePapa_Plate-XXI-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
5. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudonia_choristis
6. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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