Scoparia ambigualis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Scoparia
Species:
S. ambigualis
Binomial name
Scoparia ambigualis
(Treitschke, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Hercyna ambigualis Treitschke, 1829
  • Eudorea asphodeliella La Harpe, 1855
  • Eudorea atomalis Stainton, 1855
  • Scoparia ambigualis nigra Hamfelt, 1917
  • Scoparia ambigualis ab. crossi E. R. Bankes, 1909
  • Scoparia ambigualis f. taeniatella Teich, 1889
  • Scoparia ambigualis f. whalleyi Leraut, 1984
  • Scoparia ambigualis var. aestiva A. Speyer, 1867
  • Scoparia erralis Guenée, 1854
  • Scoparia klinckowstroemi Hamfelt, 1917

Scoparia ambigualis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Friedrich Treitschke in 1829. It is found in Europe and Asia Minor and possibly in Guangdong and Shanxi in China.[1]

The wingspan is 15–22 mm. The forewings are whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey and black; a black ochreous-mixed mark from base of costa; lines whitish, dark -edged, first irregular, second angulated above middle; orbicular elongate, brownish, more or less black-edged, resting on first line; claviform dot- like, black, seldom elongated to touch first line; discal spot 8-shaped, incompletely black edged, upper and sometimes lower half pale greyish-ochreous or brownish; terminal area dark, subterminal line cloudy, whitish; a terminal series of blackish marks. Hindwings are prismatic grey-whitish, terminally suffused with grey.[2]

The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.

The larvae feed on valerian and probably also on various mosses.

References

  1. ↑ Li, Weichun; Li, Houhun; Nuss, Matthias (September 13, 2010). "Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2609: 1–33.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
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