Scoparia cinereomedia

Scoparia cinereomedia is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia, Kentucky, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.[2]

Scoparia cinereomedia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Scoparia
Species:
S. cinereomedia
Binomial name
Scoparia cinereomedia
Dyar, 1904
Synonyms
  • Scoparia truncatalis McDunnough, 1923

The wingspan is about 14.5–15 mm. The forewings are pale grey, the basal area shaded with black up to the inner line. The middle of the wing is clear grey. The terminal area is shaded in black. The hindwings are greyish.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Dyar, H.G. 1906. The North American Nymphulinae and Scopariinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14: 103


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