Scoparia normalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904.[1] It has been recorded from the US states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, North Carolina and Utah.[2]
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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. normalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia normalis Dyar, 1904
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The wingspan is about 26 mm. The forewings are pale gray with a black shade at the base. The inner line is dark, thickened on the costal two-thirds by a broad black bar. The outer line is pale, narrowly black shaded within. The terminal area is irregularly black shaded. There is a row of black terminal points. The hindwings are dirty whitish, darkest along the outer margin.[3] Adults have been recorded on wing from July to September.
References
edit- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ "800976.00 – 4710 – Scoparia normalis – Dyar, 1904". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120 – via National Library of New Zealand.