Scoparia rotuella
| Scoparia rotuella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. rotuella |
| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia rotuella (Felder and Rogenhofer, 1875) | |
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Scoparia rotuella is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is 28–29 mm. The forewings are light greyish-ochreous, irrorated with white beneath the costa. There is a black median streak from the base of the costa to the disc, margined with clear yellowish-ochreous. The first line has the form of a sharply-defined black streak, margined with clear yellowish-ochreous. The second line is represented by a row of black dots and there is a terminal row of black dots. The hindwings are very pale ochreous-grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[1]
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