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| Species: | E. pallida
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| Eudonia pallida (Curtis, 1827)[1]
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Eudonia pallida is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from both the North and South Islands.
The wingspan is about 18 mm.[2]Adults are on wing in April to late September[3] in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on mosses and lichens at ground level. It has been reared from larvae found amongst the moss Calliergonella cuspidata.