Scoparia australiensis

Scoparia australiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. australiensis
Binomial name
Scoparia australiensis (Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
Gonodiscus australiensis Hampson, 1899

Scoparia australiensis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia and Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are straw-yellow with a brown fascia on the costa from the base to the brown antemdial line. The postmedial line and the terminal area is suffused with brown. There is a terminal series of brown dots on yellow marks. The hindwings are slightly suffused with fuscous.^[2]

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