Scoparia sylvestris

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Scoparia sylvestris
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Female holotype specimen held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. sylvestris
Binomial name
Scoparia sylvestris
Clarke, 1926 [1]

Scoparia sylvestris is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. [2] It is endemic in New Zealand. [1]

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Charles E. Clarke in 1926. [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.) sylvestris. [2]

Description

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark green, irrorated with white. The hindwings are dark fuscous, but more dark outwardly. Adults have been recorded on wing in January. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scoparia sylvestris Clarke, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 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. 1 2 Clarke, C.E. (1926). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 417–421. Retrieved 1 February 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: 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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