Scoparia epigypsa

Scoparia epigypsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. epigypsa
Binomial name
Scoparia epigypsa
(Lower, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Eclipsiodes epigypsa Lower, 1902

Scoparia epigypsa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lower in 1902. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are cinereous-fuscous, strongly suffused with white. The lines are fuscous and there is a fuscous discal spot, as well as two oblique fuscous marks on the costa near the apex. There is a row of connected fuscous dots along the termen. The hindwings are light fuscous, becoming grey whitish on the basal half. Adults have been recorded on wing in September.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera