Scoparia penumbralis

Scoparia penumbralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Scoparia
Species:	S. penumbralis
Binomial name
	Scoparia penumbralis; Dyar, 1906

Scoparia penumbralis, the dark-brown scoparia moth, is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1906.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Quebec, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wisconsin.^[2]

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are smoky brownish grey with whitish lines, edged by dark narrow shades.^[3] Adults are on wing from May to September

References[]

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
^ Dyar, H.G. 1906. The North American Nymphulinae and Scopariinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14: 103

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] Dyar, H.G. 1906. The North American Nymphulinae and Scopariinae. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14: 103

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