Scoparia ejuncida

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Scoparia ejuncida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. ejuncida
Binomial name
Scoparia ejuncida
Knaggs, 1867 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Xeroscopa ejuncida(Knaggs, 1867)

Scoparia ejuncida is a moth of the family Crambidae. [3] It was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1867. [4] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

The wingspan is 19–24 mm. The forewings are grey, irrorated with white. There is a fine black median line from the base to the first line. This first line is very obscure. The second line is distinct and the subterminal line is cloudy. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey, somewhat tinged with ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to March. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Scoparia ejuncida Knaggs, 1867". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ 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 Knaggs, H. G. (1867). "New species of Scoparia (Lepidoptera) from New Zealand, collected by R.W. Fereday". The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 4: 80–81. ISSN   0013-8908 . Retrieved 28 January 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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