| Scoparia petrina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. petrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia petrina | |
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Scoparia petrina is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. [4] [2] Meyrick gave a description of the species in 1885. [5] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]
The wingspan is 30–31 mm for males and 24 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous-grey or dark grey, irrorated with white. There is a very small dark fuscous triangular spot at the base of the costa. The first line is whitish, posteriorly margined with dark fuscous. The second line is whitish, anteriorly dark-margined and with blackish dots on the veins. The terminal area is somewhat irrorated with white, except for a broad suffused subterminal line. The hindwings are very pale whitish-ochreous with a greyish apex in females. Adults have been recorded on wing in January and February. [5]
This species can be distinguished from others by the absence of black markings on its wings. [5]
