Scoparia petrina

Scoparia petrina
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. petrina
Binomial name
	Scoparia petrina; (Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
	Xeroscopa petrina Meyrick, 1884 ; Scoparia legionaria Philpott, 1928 ;

Scoparia petrina is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was named by Edward Meyrick in 1884. Meyrick gave a description of the species in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand.

The wingspan is 30–31 mm for males and 24 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous-grey or dark grey, irrorated with white. There is a very small dark fuscous triangular spot at the base of the costa. The first line is whitish, posteriorly margined with dark fuscous. The second line is whitish, anteriorly dark-margined and with blackish dots on the veins. The terminal area is somewhat irrorated with white, except for a broad suffused subterminal line. The hindwings are very pale whitish-ochreous with a greyish apex in females. Adults have been recorded on wing in January and February.

This species can be distinguished from others by the absence of black markings on its wings.

Adult are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.

References

1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Scoparia petrina (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
↑ 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.
↑ Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
1 2 3 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 28 January 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
↑ Patrick, Brian; Archibald, Robert Drummond (1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. Wikidata Q105740584.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "NZOR Name Details - Scoparia petrina (Meyrick, 1884)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[Dugdale1988-2] 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[NZIB-3] 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.

[4] Meyrick, E. (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[Meyrick1885-5] 1 2 3 Meyrick, E. (1885). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. IV. Scopariadae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 68–120. Retrieved 28 January 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[6] Patrick, Brian; Archibald, Robert Drummond (1988). "Lepidoptera light-trapped at Owaka, South Otago". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 70–72. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722541. Wikidata Q105740584.