Scoparia chiasta
| Scoparia chiasta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. chiasta
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| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia chiasta Meyrick, 1884
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Scoparia chiasta is a moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales. This species was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[1] Meyrick went on to give a full description of the species in 1885.[2]
The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are white, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and dark fuscous and with a short dark fuscous streak from the base of the costa parallel to the inner margin. The first line is white, posteriorly margined with dark fuscous. The second line is white, margined with dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale whitish grey, greyer on the hindmargin and towards the apex. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.[3]
References
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 26 January 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (May 1885). "Art. XII. — Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 74. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110063611. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 – via National Library of New Zealand. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.