Scoparia apheles

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

Scoparia apheles
Scientific classification
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

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. "Scoparia apheles (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "TNZOR Lepidoptera". species-id.net. Species-id. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  5. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. 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. Retrieved 27 January 2018.


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