Scoparia caliginosa

Scoparia caliginosa
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. caliginosa
Binomial name
	Scoparia caliginosa; Philpott, 1918[1]

Scoparia caliginosa is a species of moth in the Crambidae family.^[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Taxonomy

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1918.^[3]^[4] However the placement of this species within the Scoparia genus is in doubt.^[1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Scoparia (s.l.) caliginosa.^[2]

Description

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-brown, irrorated with whitish on basal three-fourth. There is a short brown fascia from the costa at the base and the first line is paler and margined with ferruginous-brown posteriorly. The second line is whitish, margined with ferruginous-brown anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, but darker terminally.^[3]

References

1 2 3 "Scoparia caliginosa Philpott, 1918". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
1 2 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.
1 2 Philpott, A. (1918). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 50: 125–132 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 3 "Scoparia caliginosa Philpott, 1918". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[NZIB-2] 1 2 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.

[:0-3] 1 2 Philpott, A. (1918). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 50: 125–132 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Dugdale1988-4] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Retrieved 30 January 2018.