Eudonia philetaera

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| taxon = Eudonia philetaera

| authority = (Meyrick, 1884)

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|Scoparia philetaera|Meyrick, 1884

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Eudonia philetaera 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=157|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|accessdate=26 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 description of the adult moth 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/33934523|accessdate=26 January 2018|language=en}} {{PD-notice}} It is endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|title=NZOR Name Details - Eudonia philetaera (Meyrick, 1884)|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/e8d393f4-5c33-4f5f-96fc-7212c366583f|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 19 mm. The forewings are white, mixed with light grey and with some fine scattered black scales. There is a suffused blackish spot on the costa at the base. The first line is white and blackish-margined and the second line is whitish, margined with dark anteriorly. The hindwings are very pale whitish-grey. The lunule, postmedian line and hindmargin are slightly darker. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.