Scoparia caliginosa

Scoparia caliginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species: S. caliginosa
Binomial name
Scoparia caliginosa
Philpott, 1918

Scoparia caliginosa is a moth of the Crambidae family. It was described by Philpott in 1918. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are ferruginous-brown, irrorated with whitish on basal three-fourth. There is a short brown fascia from the costa at the base and the first line is paler and margined with ferruginous-brown posteriorly. The second line is whitish, margined with ferruginous-brown anteriorly. The hindwings are fuscous-grey, but darker terminally.[1]

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