Scoparia paracycla

Scoparia paracycla
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. paracycla
Binomial name
	Scoparia paracycla; (Lower, 1902)
Synonyms
	Tetraprosopus paracycla Lower, 1902; Metasia adoxodes Turner, 1908;

Scoparia paracycla is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1902. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.^[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are ashy-grey whitish with fine black lines and a fuscous dot near the base in the middle. There is a roundish, whitish spot in end of the cell, edged anteriorly with blackish. There is a row of fine black terminal spots. Adults have been recorded on wing in October.^[2]

References

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^ Lower, Oswald B. (May 20, 1902). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 26 (4): 639–671 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.

[2] Lower, Oswald B. (May 20, 1902). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 26 (4): 639–671 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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