Scoparia (moth)

Scoparia is a grass moth genus (family Crambidae) of subfamily Scopariinae. Some authors have assigned the synonymous taxon Sineudonia to the snout moth family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error.

Scoparia
Scoparia pyralella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Scopariinae
Genus: Scoparia
Haworth, 1811
Synonyms
  • Epileucia Stephens, 1852
  • Eudorea J. Curtis, 1827
  • Eudoria Chapman, 1912
  • Eudoroea Bruand, 1851
  • Phegea Gistel, 1848
  • Scopea Haworth, 1828
  • Sineudonia Leraut, 1986
  • Tetraprosopus Butler, 1882
  • Xeroscopa Meyrick, 1884

As of 2012, there were about 231 species. Species occur on every continent except Antarctica. They are most reliably distinguished from one another by the structure of the male genitalia.[1]

Species
Scoparia spelaea
Scoparia pyralella
Scoparia niphetodes
Scoparia ambigualis
Scoparia aphrodes

Selected former species

References
  1. Li, W. C. (2012). One new species of the genus Scoparia Haworth, 1811 from China (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Scopariinae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 40(157) 73-75.
  • Leraut, P., 1984: Contribution à l'étude des Scopariinae. 4. Révision des types décrits de la région paléarctique occidentale, description de dix nouveaux taxa et ébauche d'une liste des espèces de cette région. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie Alexanor: 157-192.
  • Leraut, P., 1985: Contribution à l'étude des Scopariinae. 5. Quatre nouveaux taxa d'Afghanistan. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie N.S. 2 (3): 325-329.
  • Leraut, P., 1986: Contribution à l'étude des Scopariinae. 6. Dix nouveaux taxa, dont trois genres, de Chine et du nord de l'Inde. (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie N.S. 3 (1): 123-131.
  • 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.
  • Nuss, M., 1998: The Scopariinae and Heliothelinae stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of the Oriental Region- a revisional synopsis with descriptions of new species from the Philippines and Sumatra. Nachrichten entomologische Verein Apollo 17 Suppl.: 475-528.
  • Sasaki, A., 1998: Notes on the Scopariinae from Taiwan, with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Tinea 15 (3): 191-201.
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