Eudonia periphanes

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| taxon = Eudonia periphanes

| authority = (Meyrick, 1884)

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|Scoparia periphanes|Meyrick, 1884

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Eudonia periphanes is a moth in the family Crambidae.{{Cite Q|Q45922947|page=458}} It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.{{Cite journal|last=Meyrick|first=Edward|date=1884|title=Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863307|journal=New Zealand Journal of Science|language=en|volume=2|pages=235–237|accessdate=26 January 2018|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}{{cite journal|last1=Dugdale|first1=J. S.|title=Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|date=1988|volume=14|page=158|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|accessdate=27 January 2018|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127012448/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|url-status=dead}} Meyrick gave a detailed description of this species in 1885.{{cite journal|last1=Meyrick|first1=E.|title=Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariidae|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|date=1885|volume=17|pages=68–120|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934524|accessdate=26 January 2018|language=en}} {{PD-notice}} It is endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|title=NZOR Name Details - Eudonia periphanes (Meyrick, 1884)|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/11d331f4-0ed1-41d2-a657-1c526bda9947|website=www.nzor.org.nz|publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|accessdate=26 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx |title=GlobIZ search |website=Global Information System on Pyraloidea |accessdate=2014-07-15 }}

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are grey, slightly brownish-tinged. There is a thick black streak from the base of the costa. The first line is white, margined by black posteriorly. The second line is white, margined by blackish. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, but the postmedian line and hindmargin are darker grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.