| Tauroscopa notabilis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tauroscopa |
| Species: | T. notabilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923 | |
Tauroscopa notabilis is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923. It is endemic to New Zealand.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1923.
T. notabilis was described by Philpott as follows:
♂. 20mm. Head, palpi, and thorax black mixed with ochreous-whitish. Antennae black. Abdomen fuscous-black, anal tuft mixed with ochreous. Legs fuscous, tibiae and tarsi almost wholly whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather short, costa slightly arched at base, thence straight, apex rectangular, termen faintly rounded, little oblique, blackish-fuscous sprinkled with ochreous and white scales; an indistinct basal line, curved, irregular, white; first line from 1⁄3 costa to 2⁄5 dorsum, dentate at middle, white, suffusedly margined anteriorly and narrowly posteriorly with black; a discal blackish blotch in whitish median shade; second line from 1⁄4 costa to 4⁄5 dorsum, weakly dentate, roundly projecting above middle, white, narrowly margined anteriorly and suffusedly posteriorly, except at middle, with blackish; a subterminal whitish shade; a series of round black spots on termen : cilia grey, tips whitish. Hindwings pale fuscous: cilia fuscous, tips whitish.
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the South Island.
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