Scoparia paracycla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. paracycla
Binomial name
Scoparia paracycla
(Lower, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Tetraprosopus paracycla Lower, 1902
  • Metasia adoxodes Turner, 1908

Scoparia paracycla is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1902. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish with fine black lines and a fuscous dot near the base in the middle. There is a roundish, whitish spot in end of the cell, edged anteriorly with blackish. There is a row of fine black terminal spots. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Lower, Oswald B. (May 20, 1902). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 26 (4): 639–671 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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