Scoparia encapna
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| Scoparia encapna | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. encapna
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| Scoparia encapna | |
Scoparia encapna is a moth of the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3][4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The wingspan is 18–20 mm. The forewings are dark glossy fuscous with bronzy reflections and a few scattered white scales. The veins are partially marked with black. The first line is whitish and black-margined posteriorly. The second line is also whitish, but dark-margined anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, with a suffused dark fuscous hindmarginal band. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[3]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Scoparia encapna Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ No label or title -- debug: Q45922947, p. 458, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Meyrick, E. (1888). "Notes on New Zealand Pyralidina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 62–73. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 28 January 2018.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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