Scoparia sinensis

Scoparia sinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. sinensis
Binomial name
Scoparia sinensis
Leraut, 1986

Scoparia sinensis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Leraut in 1986. It is found in China (Zhejiang,[1] Guizhou, Hubei, Shandong, Sichuan).

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. The forewings have blackish brown stripe basally. The antemedian line is white and the antemedian stigmata is filled with ochreous and edged with blackish brown. The postmedian and subterminal lines are white. The hindwings are white, suffused with pale brown towards the termen.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Li, W.-C.; Li, H.H.; Nuss, M. 2010: Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Zootaxa, 2609: 1-33. Preview


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