Antiscopa elaphra

Antiscopa elaphra
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Antiscopa
Species: A. elaphra
Binomial name
Antiscopa elaphra
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Scoparia elaphra Meyrick, 1884

Antiscopa elaphra is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884 from specimens obtained near Palmerston North and Christchurch.[2][3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[5]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings pale brownish-ochreous, irrorated with white on the veins, and with scattered dark fuscous scales. The base of the costa is suffused with dark fuscous and there are some blackish scales on the submedian fold before the first line. This line is whitish, posteriorly margined with dark fuscous. The second line is also whitish and anteriorly dark-margined. The hindwings are grey-whitish with a grey lunule, postmedian line and hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in March.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, Edward (September 1884). "Supplement to a monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 234–237 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  4. 1 2 Meyrick, Edward (May 1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ "Antiscopa elaphra (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2017-08-08.


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