Scoparia leucomela

Scoparia leucomela
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. leucomela
Binomial name
	Scoparia leucomela; Lower, 1893

Scoparia leucomela is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1893. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia and Western Australia.^[1]

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The forewings are silver grey, with a whitish costal edge and a blackish longitudinal line above the middle. All veins are outlined in black and the interspaces are filled with white. There is a fine black line along the inner margin from the middle to the anal angle. The hindwings are iridescent grey.^[2]

References[]

^ Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
^ Lower, Oswald B. (June 1893). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 165–166 – via Internet Archive.

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[1] Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2017). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved March 8, 2018.

[2] Lower, Oswald B. (June 1893). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 17: 165–166 – via Internet Archive.

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