Scoparia (moth)

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Scoparia
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Scoparia pyralella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Scopariinae
Genus: Scoparia
Haworth, 1811
Synonyms
  • EpileuciaStephens, 1852
  • EudoreaJ. Curtis, 1827
  • EudoriaChapman, 1912
  • EudoroeaBruand, 1851
  • PhegeaGistel, 1848
  • ScopeaHaworth, 1828
  • SineudoniaLeraut, 1986
  • TetraprosopusButler, 1882
  • XeroscopaMeyrick, 1884

Scoparia is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Contents

As of 2012, there were about 231 species. Species occur on every continent except Antarctica. They are most reliably distinguished from one another by the structure of the male genitalia. [1]

Species

Scoparia spelaea Scoparia spelaea 1.jpg
Scoparia spelaea
Scoparia pyralella Crambidae - Scoparia pyralella.JPG
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia niphetodes Scoparia niphetodes.jpg
Scoparia niphetodes
Scoparia ambigualis Scoparia.ambigualis.jpg
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia aphrodes Scoparia aphrodes.jpg
Scoparia aphrodes

Selected former species

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References

  1. 1 2 Li, W. C. (2012). One new species of the genus Scoparia Haworth, 1811 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Scopariinae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 40(157) 73-75.