| Scoparia chalicodes | |
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| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. chalicodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia chalicodes | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Scoparia chalicodes is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [3] This species was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] Meyrick gave a fuller description of this species in 1885. [5] S. chalicodes is endemic to New Zealand. [1]
The wingspan is 15.5–16.5 mm. The forewings are light ochreous-grey, irrorated with white. The veins are irregularly and partially lined with blackish. The first line is pale greyish-ochreous, obscurely dark-margined. The second line is very obscure and the subterminal line is cloudy and whitish. The hindwings are grey-whitish. Adults have been recorded on wing from January to March. [5]