Genus Eudonia (original) (raw)

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