Scoparia? sp. 3
- Family: Crambidae
- Subfamily: Scopariinae
- Tribe: Scopariini
- Genus: Scoparia
- Distribution: Sabah.
- Habitat: Upper montane, 1950m.
- Wing Length: 7mm
Taxonomy
Scoparia sp. 3. An unnamed specimen from Sabah (MKNP) in the MfNH (Berlin) accessions. Note Eudonia Billberg 1820: 93 & Scoparia Haworth, [1811]: 498 have few distinctive genitalic and (other) features to separate them (Svensson 1992). Here we deal with unnamed specimens of both genera under Scoparia as a ‘lumping’ for convenience to compare very similar spp.
Description
FW with black markings and speckling on a white background. They are at their densest in the submarginal area where there is a broad patchy submarginal fascia and a serrate post median line. The HW is pale greyish white with darker venation.
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References
- Haworth, A.W. ([1811] 1803-1828) Lepidoptera Britannica, sistens digestimen novam lepidopterorum quae in Magna Britannica reperiunter - adjunguntur dissertationes variae ad historiam naturalam spectantes [Lepid. Britannica]
- Billberg, G.J. (1820) Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb. [Enumeratio insectorum in Museo Gust. Joh. Billberg. [Holmiae]. Typis Gadelianis]: 139 pp.
- Svensson, I. (1992) Splitter or lumper or both, Nota Lepid. 15, Suppl. 3: 101-107.
- 3: 377-512.