Scoparia epigypsa
| Scoparia epigypsa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. epigypsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia epigypsa (Lower, 1902) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scoparia epigypsa is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Lower in 1902. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales.[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are cinereous-fuscous, strongly suffused with white. The lines are fuscous and there is a fuscous discal spot, as well as two oblique fuscous marks on the costa near the apex. There is a row of connected fuscous dots along the termen. The hindwings are light fuscous, becoming grey whitish on the basal half. Adults have been recorded on wing in September.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera
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