Scoparia caliginosa
Scoparia caliginosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Scoparia |
Species: | S. caliginosa |
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Scoparia caliginosa | |
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
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- 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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