Biology:Scoparia nomeutis

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Short description: Species of moth


Scoparia nomeutis
Scoparia nomeutis female.jpg
Female
Scoparia nomeutis male.jpg
Male
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S. nomeutis
Binomial name
Scoparia nomeutis
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Xeroscopa nomeutis Meyrick, 1884

Scoparia nomeutis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] Meyrick gave a description of this species in 1885.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

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.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Scoparia nomeutis (Meyrick, 1884)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/8f24c78c-b1e8-49d1-a046-5894970b2b9e. Retrieved 28 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 28 January 2018. 
  3. , p. 458 , Wikidata Q45922947
  4. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae." (in en). New Zealand Journal of Science 2: 235–237. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863307. Retrieved 28 January 2018. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 68–120. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33934546. Retrieved 28 January 2018. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14324422 entry