Scoparia tuicana

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Scoparia tuicana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. tuicana
Binomial name
Scoparia tuicana
Clarke, 1926 [1]

Scoparia tuicana is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. [2] It is endemic to 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.) tuicana. [2]

Description

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white and light ochreous, marked with black. The hindwings are grey-ochreous merging into blackish outwardly. Adults have been recorded on wing in November. [3]

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Charles Edwin Clarke was a New Zealand dentist and amateur entomologist, who specialised in collecting lepidoptera and coleoptera.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scoparia tuicana 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, Charles E. (1926). "New Species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 418. Retrieved 1 October 2016.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. Retrieved 1 February 2018.


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