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]

References

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