Scoparia encapna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Scoparia |
Species: | S. encapna |
Binomial name | |
Scoparia encapna | |
Scoparia encapna is a moth of the family Crambidae. [2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. [3] [4] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]
The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are dark glossy fuscous with bronzy reflections and a few scattered white scales. The veins are partially marked with black. The first line is whitish and black-margined posteriorly. The second line is also whitish, but dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, with a suffused dark fuscous hindmarginal band. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [3]
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