Scoparia niphospora

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Scoparia niphospora
Scoparia s.l. niphospora male.jpg
Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. niphospora
Binomial name
Scoparia niphospora
(Meyrick, 1884) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Xeroscopa niphosporaMeyrick, 1884

Scoparia niphospora is a moth in the family Crambidae. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] Meyrick gave a more detailed description of the species in 1885. [5] Meyrick placed this species within the genus Scopaira in 1913. [6] However the placement of this species within Scoparia is in doubt. [1] As a result, this species has also been referred to as Scoparia (s.l.) niphospora. [3]

Description

Observation of S. niphospora. Scoparia niphospora 111937658.jpg
Observation of S. niphospora.

The wingspan is 26–29 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, irrorated with white except along the costa. The costa are dark fuscous with a few scattered dark fuscous scales. The veins are somewhat marked with dark fuscous posteriorly. There is a hindmarginal row of black dots. The hindwings are very pale whitish-ochreous. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scoparia niphospora (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 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 1 February 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 1 February 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  6. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1913). "A revision of New Zealand Pyralidina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 45: 30–51 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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