Scoparia humilialis

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Scoparia humilialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. humilialis
Binomial name
Scoparia humilialis
Hudson, 1950 [1]

Scoparia humilialis 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 George Vernon Hudson in 1950. [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.) humilialis. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scoparia humilialis Hudson, 1950". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 31 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. ↑ Hudson, George Vernon (1950). Fragments of New Zealand entomology. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 102. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 161. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2018.


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