Scoparia pascoella

Scoparia pascoella
Data Deficit
Data Deficit (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. pascoella
Binomial name
Scoparia pascoella
Philpott, 1920

Scoparia pascoella is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. In 2025 this species was classified as "data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1920. However the placement of this species within the genus Scoparia is in doubt. As a result, this species has also been referred to as Scoparia (s.l.) pascoella.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Merlin Owen Pasco, a New Zealand entomologist who died in France during the First World War.

Description

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-brown mingled with some fuscous and much suffused with white. The first line is white, margined with ferruginous posteriorly. The second line is also white, margined with ferruginous anteriorly. The hindwings are grey-fuscous, but paler anteriorly. Adults have been recorded on wing in December.

Conservation status

In 2025 this species was classified by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as "data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. S. pascoella is data poor as a result of difficulties in identifying this species.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Hoare, Robert J. B.; Edwards, Eric; Knox, Carey; Frost, Will; Michel, Pascale (2026). "Conservation status of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 51: 30. ISSN 2324-1713. Wikidata Q139379012.
  2. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. 1 2 "Scoparia pascoella Philpott, 1920". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Philpott, A. (1920). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 52: 42–44. Retrieved 1 February 2018.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 162. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2018.