Scoparia parachalca

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Scoparia parachalca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. parachalca
Binomial name
Scoparia parachalca
Meyrick, 1901 [1]

Scoparia parachalca is a moth in the family Crambidae. [2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. [3] [4] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [5]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, with a few fine whitish scales. The subbasal, first and second lines are indicated by broad golden-bronzy suffusion and the terminal area is suffused with golden-bronzy. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but darker posteriorly. Adults have been recorded on wing in December. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Scoparia parachalca Meyrick, 1901". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  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 Meyrick, E. (1901). "Descriptions of new Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1901: 565–579. Retrieved 28 January 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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