Tauroscopa notabilis

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Tauroscopa notabilis
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Female
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Tauroscopa
Species:
T. notabilis
Binomial name
Tauroscopa notabilis
Philpott, 1923

Tauroscopa notabilis is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3] [4]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous sprinkled with ochreous and white scales. The hindwings are pale fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 Philpott, A. (1923). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 148–154 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  4. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

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