Scoparia dryphactis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[2][3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5]

Scoparia dryphactis
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. dryphactis
Binomial name
Scoparia dryphactis
Meyrick, 1911

The wingspan is 30–31 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, tinged with brownish or mixed with light fuscous and somewhat sprinkled with dark fuscous on the veins. There is a broad streak of dark-fuscous suffusion along the costa, as well as a short ferruginous streak from the base on the fold which is surrounded with dark-fuscous suffusion. The lines are cloudy, pale and edged with fuscous suffusion. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous, tinged with grey. Adults have been recorded on wing in February.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 57–78. Retrieved 27 January 2018.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ "NZOR Name Details - Scoparia dryphactis Meyrick, 1911". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.