Scoparia subita

Scoparia subita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. subita
Binomial name
Scoparia subita
(Philpott, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Orocrambus subitus Philpott, 1912

Scoparia subita is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Philpott in 1912. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 15–16 mm. The forewings are golden brown sprinkled with white scales and irrorated with white in the disc and along the dorsum. The hindwings are dark brownish-fuscous in males and grey in females. Adults have been recorded on wing in December.[2]

References

  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  2. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961; Volume 44, 1911


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