Scoparia paracycla

Scoparia paracycla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. paracycla
Binomial name
Scoparia paracycla (Lower, 1902)
Synonyms
Tetraprosopus paracycla Lower, 1902 Metasia adoxodes Turner, 1908

Scoparia paracycla 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 and Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey-whitish with fine black lines and a fuscous dot near the base in the middle. There is a roundish, whitish spot in end of the cell, edged anteriorly with blackish. There is a row of fine black terminal spots. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.^[2]

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