Black-marked brown Scoparia moth facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Black-marked brown Scoparia moth |
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Scoparia (moth)
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ustimacula
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Scoparia ustimacula is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are bright ochreous, the costa and inner margin irrorated (sprinkled) with black and white. The base is suffused with dark fuscous and there is a slender whitish line before the first line. This first line is white and black margined posteriorly. the second line is also white and the subterminal line is cloudy and whitish. There is a terminal row of white dots. The hindwings are whitish grey. The central lunule, postmedian line and hindmargin are darker grey.
Host species
The larvae of S. ustimacula feed on Hydrocotyle species.
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