Scoparia caesia

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Scoparia caesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. caesia
Binomial name
Scoparia caesia
(Philpott, 1926) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Orocrambus caesiusPhilpott, 1926
  • Scoparia caesius(Philpott, 1926)

Scoparia caesia is a moth of the family Crambidae. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 as Orocrambus caesius. [4] [2] In 1975 David E. Gaskin excluded this species from the genus Orocambus and tentatively placed it within the genus Scoparia. [5] However this placement is in doubt. [1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Scoparia (s.l.) caesia. [3]

Description

The wingspan is 25–27 mm. The forewings are fuscous-black, irrorated with white. There is an obscure blackish basal line and the first line is whitish, margined with blackish posteriorly. The second line is whitish, margined by blackish anteriorly. The hindwings are shining fuscous. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NZOR Name Details - Scoparia caesia (Philpott, 1926)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. 1 2 Philpott, A. (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: notes and descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 387–399. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Gaskin, D. E. (30 March 2010). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.


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