Scoparia australiensis
| Scoparia australiensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. australiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia australiensis (Hampson, 1899) | |
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Scoparia australiensis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1899. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Western Australia and Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are straw-yellow with a brown fascia on the costa from the base to the brown antemdial line. The postmedial line and the terminal area is suffused with brown. There is a terminal series of brown dots on yellow marks. The hindwings are slightly suffused with fuscous.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1898: 606
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