Scoparia cyameuta
| Scoparia cyameuta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. cyameuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia cyameuta (Meyrick, 1885)[1] | |
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Scoparia cyameuta is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1885. It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with white. There is a black median streak from the base of the costa to the first line. This first line is white, margined by black on the upper half posteriorly. The second line is white, dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, the apex and upper part of the hindmargin narrowly grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.[2]
References
- ↑ "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2013.
- ↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 17, 1884