Scoparia nomeutis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. nomeutis
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Scoparia nomeutis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] Meyrick gave a description of this species in 1885.[5] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 17–21 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous or fuscous, irrorated with white and with a few black scales. There is a suffused blackish spot in the middle of base and one on the inner margin near the base. The first line is whitish and blackish-margined posteriorly. The second line is also whitish, but blackish-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey with a darker hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in December.[5]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scoparia nomeutis.
- ^ a b "Scoparia nomeutis (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ No label or title -- debug: Q45922947, p. 458, Wikidata Q45922947
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
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