Scoparia dryphactis
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. dryphactis
Binomial name
Scoparia dryphactis
Meyrick, 1911

Scoparia dryphactis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[2][3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]

The wingspan is 30–31 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, tinged with brownish or mixed with light fuscous and somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous on the veins. There is a broad streak of dark-fuscous suffusion along the costa, as well as a short ferruginous streak from the base on the fold which is surrounded with dark-fuscous suffusion. The lines are cloudy, pale and edged with fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, tinged with grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in February.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 57–78. Retrieved 27 January 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Scoparia dryphactis Meyrick, 1911". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.


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