Scoparia nomeutis
Scoparia nomeutis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Scoparia |
Species: | S. nomeutis |
Binomial name | |
Scoparia nomeutis (Meyrick, 1885) | |
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Scoparia nomeutis is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1885. It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous or fuscous, irrorated with white and with a few black scales. There is a suffused blackish spot in the middle of base and one on the inner margin near the base. The first line is whitish and blackish-margined posteriorly. The second line is also whitish, but blackish-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey with a darker hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in December.[1]