Scoparia cyameuta

Scoparia cyameuta is a moth of the family Crambidae.[3] It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884.[4][2] Meyrick gave a description of the species in 1885.[5] S. cyameuta is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Scoparia cyameuta
Male
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S. cyameuta
Binomial name
Scoparia cyameuta
(Meyrick, 1884)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Xeroscopa cyameuta Meyrick, 1884

The wingspan is 25–28 mm. The forewings are fuscous, irrorated with white. There is a black median streak from the base of the costa to the first line. This first line is white, margined by black on the upper half posteriorly. The second line is white, dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous, the apex and upper part of the hindmargin narrowly grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.[5]

References

  1. "Scoparia cyameuta (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 27 January 2018.


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