Scoparia ejuncida

Scoparia ejuncida is a moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1867.[4][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Scoparia ejuncida
Female
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S. ejuncida
Binomial name
Scoparia ejuncida
Knaggs, 1867[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Xeroscopa ejuncida (Knaggs, 1867)

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The forewings are grey, irrorated with white. There is a fine black median line from the base to the first line. This first line is very obscure. The second line is distinct and the subterminal line is cloudy. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, somewhat tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to March.[4]

References

  1. "Scoparia ejuncida Knaggs, 1867". 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. Knaggs, H. G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN 0013-8908. Retrieved 28 January 2018.


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