Scoparia atricuprea

Scoparia atricuprea is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1917. It is found in South America (including Colombia) and on the Antilles (including Jamaica).[1]

Scoparia atricuprea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. atricuprea
Binomial name
Scoparia atricuprea
Hampson, 1917

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are black-brown with a cupreous gloss and irrorated with bluish white scales. The antemedial line is white and there is a minute white spot in the middle of the cell and an obscure band of blue-white irroration beyond it. The postmedial line is blue-white and there is a blue-white subapical patch and a series of dark cupreous brown spots before a slight waved white terminal line. The hindwings are white tinged with reddish brown, especially on the terminal area.[2]

References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology


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