Scoparia leuconota
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Scoparia |
| Species: | S. leuconota
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| Binomial name | |
| Scoparia leuconota (Lower, 1902)
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Scoparia leuconota is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1902.
Distribution
It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded to be found near South Australia.[1]
Description
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are ash-grey, white with blackish lines and a white, black-edged, round spot below the costa. Similar spots are found at the posterior extremity of the cell and there is a row of fine black dots along the termen. The hindwings are light fuscous, becoming darker along the terminal half. Adults have been recorded on wing in June.[2]
References
- ^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
- ^ Lower, Oswald B. (May 20, 1902). "Descriptions of new Australian Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 26 (4): 639–671 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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