Scoparia ischnoptera

Scoparia ischnoptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. ischnoptera
Binomial name
Scoparia ischnoptera
Turner, 1922

Scoparia ischnoptera is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1922. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Victoria.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are dark-grey with a blackish streak from the base to the middle along the fold. There is a similar streak in the cell and there is some blackish subapical and subtornal suffusion. The hindwings whitish, with a slight grey-whitish suffusion towards the apex. Adults have been recorded on wing in April.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Studies in Australian Lepidoptera