Scoparia apheles

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)
Synonyms
	Xeroscopa aphelesMeyrick, 1884 ;

Last updated November 02, 2025

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

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 2 "Scoparia apheles (Meyrick, 1884)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
↑ 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.
↑ "TNZOR Lepidoptera". species-id.net. Species-id. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
↑ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Scoparia apheles (Meyrick, 1884)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[Dugdale1988-2] 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2018.

[NZIB-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.

[TNZOR-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.

[Meyrick1885-6] 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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