Eumenodora

Eumenodora Meyrick, 1906 

Eumenodora Meyrick, E. 1906. [Elachistidae]. Descriptions of Australian Tineina. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 33-66 [55]. Type species: Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906 by monotypy. Holotype BMNH.

Original description, Meyrick 1906

EUMENODORA n. g.

Head smooth, sidetufts spreading behind; tongue developed. Antennae ⅔, in male simple, basal joint moderate. Labial palpi moderate, curved, ascending, with appressed scales, terminal joint shorter than second, acute·. Posterior tibiae clothed with long hairs. Forewings with 2-6 parallel, 7 and 8 stalked, 7 to costa, 11 from beyond middle. Hindwings ⅔, narrow-lanceolate, cilia 2, veins 2-7 parallel.  

This would seem to be an early unspecialized type.

 Remarks: Eumenodora was found to be a member of the Xyloryctidae by Kaila, 2013 by genetic analysis.

This species has no morphological features that might be associated with the Xyloryctidae, but this is to be expected in very primitive early branches of any Gelechioid clade, which are more likely to share traits with each other that to exhibit the developed characteristics of the group.

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Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick 1906

Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick 1906, 2006-LOQT-430, collected by Graeme V. Cocks, Townsville, Queensland

Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906. [Elachistidae]. Descriptions of Australian Tineina. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 33-66 [55].

Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906. Kaila, L., 2013, Identity of Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, a cryptic Australian moth (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea), Zootaxa 3616 (2): 165–172  http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03616p172.pdf

Original description, Meyrick 1906

Eumenodora encrypta, n. sp. Head, palpi, antennae and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous; second joint of palpi ochreous-whitish ar apex, and towards base beneath. Forewings lanceolate; bronzy-fuscous irrorated with blackish-fuscous, with a few whitish scales: cilia fuscous, towards base irrorated with blackish-fuscous. Hindwings dark grey; cilia grey.

Brisbane, Queensland, in September; one specimen. 

Subsequent description, Kaila, 2013.

Available online, here:   http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03616p172.pdf

Eumenodora encrypta, Meyrick 1906, from Kaila, 2013

Diagnosis: 

Description: 

Head: 

Thorax: 

Wing venation, Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906, from Kaila, 2013

Abdomen: 

Male genitalia, Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906, from Kaila, 2013

Female genitalia, Eumenodora encrypta Meyrick, 1906, from Kaila, 2013

Flight period: August, September, December, January, February.

Distribution: Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, South Australia. (Kaila, 2013).