Scoparia leucomela is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1893. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Western Australia.[1]
| Scoparia leucomela | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. leucomela
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| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia leucomela Lower, 1893
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The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The forewings are silver grey, with a whitish costal edge and a blackish longitudinal line above the middle. All veins are outlined in black and the interspaces are filled with white. There is a fine black line along the inner margin from the middle to the anal angle. The hindwings are iridescent grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ Lower, Oswald B. (June 1893). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 165–166 – via Internet Archive.
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