Eudonia protorthra (Meyrick, 1885)
 (formerly known as Scoparia protorthra)
SCOPARIINI,   SCOPARIINAE,   CRAMBIDAE,   PYRALOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

Eudonia protorthra
(Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria, listed as Scoparia protorthra)

The caterpillars of this species feed on :

  • Moss ( Bryophyta )

    Eudonia protorthra
    (Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, listed as Scoparia protorthra)

    The adult moths have a grey pattern, with a broad ragged white band across each forewing. The wingspan is about 2 cms.

    Eudonia protorthra
    head close-up
    (Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

    The species has been caught in

  • Queensland (listed as as Scoparia protorthra),
  • New South Wales,
  • Australian Capital Territory,
  • Victoria (listed as as Scoparia protorthra), and
  • South Australia.

    Eudonia protorthra
    underside
    (Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens, Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria)

    Further reading :

    Ian F.B. Common,
    Moths of Australia,
    Melbourne University Press, 1990, fig. 33.4, p. 352.

    Edward Meyrick,
    On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina,
    Transactions of The Entomological Society of London,
    1885, Part 4, pp. 450-451.

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    (updated 20 May 2012, 29 November 2019, 26 September 2020)