Biology:Scoparia apheles

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Short description: Species of moth

Scoparia apheles
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. apheles
Binomial name
Scoparia apheles
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Xeroscopa apheles Meyrick, 1884

Scoparia apheles is a moth of the family Crambidae.[3][4] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[5][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous with a hindmarginal row of black dots. The hindwings are ochreous whitish. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scoparia apheles (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/81c37384-1970-4e46-8f5e-832578ac6cb2. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 159. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume Two. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973607714. 
  4. "TNZOR Lepidoptera". Species-id. http://species-id.net/wiki/TNZOR_Lepidoptera. Retrieved 17 October 2016. 
  5. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae.". New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863308. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 
  6. Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae.". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 68–120. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934545. Retrieved 27 January 2018. 

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