Scoparia claranota

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Scoparia claranota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. claranota
Binomial name
Scoparia claranota
Howes, 1946 [1]

Scoparia claranota is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

It was described by W. George Howes in 1946. [3] [4] However the placement of this species within the genus Scoparia is in doubt. [1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Scoparia (s.l.) claranota. [2]

Description

The wingspan is about 39 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing in December. [3]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Howes (entomologist)</span> New Zealand entomologist

William George Howes was a New Zealand entomologist and businessman.

Charles Edwin Clarke was a New Zealand dentist and amateur entomologist, who specialised in collecting lepidoptera and coleoptera.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scoparia claranota Howes, 1946". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 Howes, W. George (1946). "Lepidoptera Collecting at the Homer, with Descriptions of New Species". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 76: 139–147. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 30 January 2018.


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