Scoparia cyameuta: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Crambidae
Genus
Scoparia
Species
Scoparia cyameuta
Scientific Name
Scoparia cyameuta

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Scoparia cyameuta

Scoparia cyameuta is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. Meyrick gave a description of the species in 1885. S. cyameuta is endemic to New Zealand.

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 are narrowly grey. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February.

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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
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Scoparia cyameuta
©Carey-Knox-Southern-Scales, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Scoparia cyameuta
©Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC-BY-SA)
Scoparia cyameuta
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