Tauroscopa notabilis is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3][4]
Tauroscopa notabilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Tauroscopa |
Species: | T. notabilis
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Binomial name | |
Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous sprinkled with ochreous and white scales. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b Philpott, A. (1923). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 148–154 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
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