Scoparia tetracycla

Scoparia tetracycla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. tetracycla
Binomial name
Scoparia tetracycla
Meyrick, 1885[1]

Scoparia tetracycla is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1885. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are ochreous-grey, irrorated with whitish. The lines are whitish and black-margined. The hindwings are pale fuscous-grey, with a darker hindmargin. Adults have been recorded on wing in March.[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 17, 1884


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