Afroscoparia

Afroscoparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Afroscoparia
Nuss, 2003

Afroscoparia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae, the grass moths. It was established in 2003 to provide a new name for a Scoparia species, now Afroscoparia contemptalis. At the same time, A. australis was described.

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References

  1. โ†‘ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. โ†‘ Nuss, M. (2003). Afroscoparia โ€“ a new genus of Scopariine from southern Africa (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61(1) 109-15.