''Scoparia'' is a

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Crambidae) of

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Scopariinae Scopariinae is a subfamily of the lepidopteran family Crambidae. The subfamily was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. Genera *'' Afrarpia'' Maes, 2004 *'' Afroscoparia'' Nuss, 2003 *'' Anarpia'' Chapman, 1912 *'' Antiscopa'' Munroe, 1964 *'' ...

. Some authors have assigned the

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''Sineudonia'' to the

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family (Pyralidae), where all grass moths were once also included, but this seems to be in error. As of 2012, there were about 231 species. Species occur on every continent except

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. They are most reliably distinguished from one another by the structure of the

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.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.

Species

*'' Scoparia absconditalis'' Christoph in Romanoff, 1887 *'' Scoparia acharis'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia acropola'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia aequipennalis'' Warren, 1905 *'' Scoparia afghanorum'' Leraut, 1985 *''

Scoparia albifrons ''Scoparia albifrons'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Herbert Druce Herbert Druce, FLS (14 July 1846, in London – 11 April 1913, in London) was an English entomologist. His collections were acquired by Frederick ...

'' Druce, 1896 *'' Scoparia albifusalis'' Hampson, 1907 *'' Scoparia albipunctata'' Druce, 1899 *'' Scoparia albonigra'' Nuss, 2000 *''

Scoparia alticola ''Scoparia alticola'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Orientale) and Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is b ...

'' Meyrick, 1935 *''

Scoparia ambigualis ''Scoparia ambigualis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Friedrich Treitschke in 1829. It is found in Europe and Asia Minor and possibly in Guangdong and Shanxi in China. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of ...

'' (Treitschke, 1829) *''

Scoparia anadonta ''Scoparia anadonta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1918. It is found in Hidalgo, Mexico. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip ...

'' Dyar, 1918 *''

Scoparia anagantis ''Scoparia anagantis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1918. It is found in Zacualpan, Mexico. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingt ...

'' Dyar, 1918 *''

Scoparia anaplecta ''Scoparia anaplecta'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Tasmania. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is ...

'' Meyrick, 1885 *''

Scoparia ancipitella ''Scoparia ancipitella'' is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula, the Benelux, Ukraine and most of the Balkan Peninsula). It has also been recorded from China (Gansu, Hebei, Heil ...

'' (La Harpe, 1855) *''

Scoparia animosa ''Scoparia animosa'' is a species moth in the family Crambidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. Taxonomy ''S. animosa'' was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. However the placement of this species within the Scoparia genus is in doubt. ...

'' Meyrick, 1914 *''

Scoparia antarcticalis ''Scoparia antarcticalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Otto Staudinger in 1899. It is found in Patagonia. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the o ...

'' Staudinger, 1899 *''

Scoparia apachealis ''Scoparia apachealis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Eugene G. Munroe in 1972. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, New Mexico and Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain ...

'' Munroe, 1972 *''

Scoparia apheles ''Scoparia apheles'' is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. This species is endemic to New Zealand. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip t ...

'' (Meyrick, 1884) *'' Scoparia arcta'' T. P. Lucas, 1898 *'' Scoparia argolina'' (Lower, 1902) *'' Scoparia astragalota'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia atricuprea'' Hampson, 1917 *'' Scoparia augastis'' Meyrick, 1907 *'' Scoparia australiensis'' (Hampson, 1899) *'' Scoparia autochroa'' Meyrick, 1907 *'' Scoparia autumna'' Philpott, 1927 *'' Scoparia axiolecta'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia basalis'' Walker, 1866 *''

Scoparia basistrigalis ''Scoparia basistrigalis'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Henry Guard Knaggs in 1866 and it is found in Europe. The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The moth flies in July depending on the location. The larvae fee ...

'' Knaggs, 1866 *''

Scoparia benigna ''Scoparia benigna'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1910. It is found on Réunion, Madagascar and Mauritius. References

Moths described in 1910 Scorparia {{Scopariinae-stub ...

'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Scoparia berytella'' Rebel, 1911 *'' Scoparia bifaria'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia biplagialis'' Walker, 1866 *'' Scoparia biradiellus'' (Mabille, 1885) *'' Scoparia biscutella'' Zeller, 1872 *'' Scoparia blanchardi'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Scoparia brevituba'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia brunnea'' (Leraut, 1986) *'' Scoparia caesia'' (Philpott, 1926) *'' Scoparia californialis'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Scoparia caliginosa'' Philpott, 1918 *'' Scoparia canicostalis'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Scoparia caradjai'' Leraut, 1986 *'' Scoparia carvalhoi'' Nuss, Karsholt & Meyer, 1998 Scoparia spelaea 1

*'' Scoparia chalicodes'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia charopoea'' Turner, 1908 *'' Scoparia chiasta'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia cinefacta'' Philpott, 1926 *'' Scoparia cinereomedia'' Dyar, 1904 *'' Scoparia claranota'' Howes, 1946 *'' Scoparia clavata'' Philpott, 1912 *'' Scoparia coecimaculalis'' Warren, 1905 *'' Scoparia congestalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Scoparia conicella'' (La Harpe, 1863) *'' Scoparia contempta'' (Turner, 1927) *'' Scoparia contexta'' Philpott, 1931 *'' Scoparia cordata'' Li, 2012 *'' Scoparia crepuscula'' Salmon, 1946 *'' Scoparia crocalis'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Scoparia crocospila'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia crucigera'' Gerasimov, 1930 *'' Scoparia crypserythra'' (Lower, 1901) *'' Scoparia cyameuta'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia declivis'' Philpott, 1918 *'' Scoparia dela'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1965 *'' Scoparia delicatalis'' Walker, 1866 *'' Scoparia deliniens'' T. P. Lucas, 1898 *'' Scoparia denigata'' Dyar, 1929 *'' Scoparia depressoides'' Inoue, 1994 *'' Scoparia dicteella'' Rebel, 1916 *'' Scoparia dipenda'' Maes, 1996 *'' Scoparia dispersa'' Butler, 1883 *'' Scoparia distictalis'' (Hampson, 1908) *'' Scoparia dominicki'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Scoparia dryphactis'' Meyrick, 1911 *'' Scoparia ejuncida'' Knaggs, 1867 *'' Scoparia elongalis'' Maes, 1996 *'' Scoparia emmetropis'' Turner, 1915 Crambidae - Scoparia pyralella

*'' Scoparia encapna'' Meyrick, 1888 *'' Scoparia epigypsa'' (Lower, 1902) *'' Scoparia ergatis'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia erythroneura'' (Turner, 1937) *'' Scoparia eumeles'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia eutacta'' Turner, 1931 *'' Scoparia exhibitalis'' Walker, 866/small> *'' Scoparia fakoensis'' Maes, 1996 *'' Scoparia falsa'' Philpott, 1924 *'' Scoparia famularis'' Philpott, 1930 *'' Scoparia favilliferella'' (Walker, 1866) *'' Scoparia fimbriata'' Philpott, 1917 *'' Scoparia fragosa'' Meyrick, 1910 *'' Scoparia fumata'' Philpott, 1915 *'' Scoparia gallica'' Peyerimhoff, 1873 *'' Scoparia ganevi'' Leraut, 1985 *'' Scoparia gethosyna'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia glauculalis'' Hampson, 1897 *'' Scoparia gomphota'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia gracilis'' Philpott, 1924 *'' Scoparia graeca'' Nuss, 2005 *'' Scoparia halopis'' Meyrick, 1909 *'' Scoparia harpalea'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia huachucalis'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Scoparia humilialis'' Hudson, 1950 *'' Scoparia hypoxantha'' Lower, 1896 *'' Scoparia ignicola'' (Staudinger, 1899) *'' Scoparia illota'' Philpott, 1919 *'' Scoparia indica'' Leraut, 1986 *'' Scoparia indistinctalis'' (Walker, 1863) Scoparia niphetodes

*'' Scoparia ingratella'' (Zeller, 1846) *'' Scoparia ischnoptera'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia italica'' Turati, 1919 *'' Scoparia ithyntis'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia iwasakii'' Sasaki, 1991 *'' Scoparia jiuzhaiensis'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia jonesalis'' Dyar, 1915 *'' Scoparia juldusellus'' (Caradja, 1916) *'' Scoparia kanai'' Maes, 1996 *'' Scoparia largispinea'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia latipennis'' Sasaki, 1991 *'' Scoparia lativitta'' (Moore, 1883) *'' Scoparia leucomela'' Lower, 1893 *'' Scoparia leuconota'' (Lower, 1902) *'' Scoparia limatula'' Philpott, 1901 *'' Scoparia longipennis'' Zeller, 1872 *'' Scoparia lychnophanes'' Meyrick, 1927 *'' Scoparia mandschurica'' Christoph, 1881 *'' Scoparia manifestella'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1848) *'' Scoparia matsuii'' Inoue, 1994 *'' Scoparia matuta'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1965 *'' Scoparia mediorufalis'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Scoparia melanoxantha'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia metaleucalis'' Hampson, 1907 *'' Scoparia meyi'' Nuss, 1998 *'' Scoparia meyrickii'' (Butler, 1882) *'' Scoparia molestalis'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia molifera'' Meyrick, 1926 *'' Scoparia monochroma'' Salmon, 1946 *'' Scoparia monticola'' Nuss, 1998 *'' Scoparia multifacies'' Dyar, 1929 *'' Scoparia murificalis'' Walker, 1859 *'' Scoparia nephelitis'' (Meyrick, 1887) *'' Scoparia ngangaoensis'' Maes, 2004 *'' Scoparia nigripunctalis'' Maes, 2004 *'' Scoparia niphetodes'' Turner, 1931 *'' Scoparia niphospora'' (Meyrick, 1884)

*'' Scoparia nipponalis'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia noacki'' Nuss, 2002 *'' Scoparia nomeutis'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia normalis'' Dyar, 1904 *'' Scoparia objurgalis'' Guenée, 1854 *'' Scoparia obsoleta'' Staudinger, 1879 *'' Scoparia ochrophara'' Turner, 1915 *'' Scoparia ochrotalis'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Scoparia olivaris'' Hampson, 1891 *'' Scoparia ololuae'' Maes, 2004 *'' Scoparia oxycampyla'' (Turner, 1937) *'' Scoparia oxygona'' Meyrick, 1897 *'' Scoparia pallidula'' Philpott, 1928 *'' Scoparia palloralis'' Dyar, 1906 *'' Scoparia panopla'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia parachalca'' Meyrick, 1901 *'' Scoparia paracycla'' (Lower, 1902) *'' Scoparia parca'' Philpott, 1928 *'' Scoparia parmifera'' Meyrick, 1909 *'' Scoparia pascoella'' Philpott, 1920 *'' Scoparia pediopola'' (Turner, 1937) *'' Scoparia penumbralis'' Dyar, 1906 *'' Scoparia perplexella'' (Zeller, 1839) *'' Scoparia petrina'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia phaealis'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Scoparia phalerias'' Meyrick, 1905 *'' Scoparia philippinensis'' (Hampson, 1917) *'' Scoparia philonephes'' (Meyrick, 1885) *'' Scoparia plagiotis'' Meyrick, 1887 *'' Scoparia platymera'' Lower, 1905 *'' Scoparia polialis'' Hampson, 1903 *'' Scoparia poliophaealis'' Hampson, 1907 Scoparia aphrodes

*'' Scoparia pulveralis'' Snellen, 1890 *'' Scoparia pulverulentellus'' (Zeller, 1872) *'' Scoparia pura'' Philpott, 1924 *'' Scoparia pusillula'' Munroe, 1995 *''

Scoparia pyralella ''Scoparia pyralella'', the meadow grey, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. Distribution This species can be found in most of Europe. It is quite common over mo ...

'' (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) *'' Scoparia pyraustoides'' J. F. G. Clarke, 1965 *'' Scoparia resinodes'' de Joannis, 1932 *'' Scoparia rigidalis'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 *'' Scoparia rotuellus'' (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) *'' Scoparia rufostigma'' Hampson, 1891 *'' Scoparia ruidosalis'' Munroe, 1972 *'' Scoparia saerdabella'' Osthelder, 1938 *'' Scoparia scripta'' Philpott, 1918 *'' Scoparia semiamplalis'' Warren, 1905 *'' Scoparia sideraspis'' Meyrick, 1905 *'' Scoparia sinensis'' Leraut, 1986 *'' Scoparia sinuata'' Philpott, 1930 *'' Scoparia spadix'' Nuss, 1998 *'' Scoparia spelaea'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia spinata'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia spinosa'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia staudingeralis'' (Mabille, 1869) *'' Scoparia stenopa'' Lower, 1902 *'' Scoparia stoetzneri'' Caradja, 1927 *'' Scoparia strigigramma'' Hampson, 1917 *''

Scoparia subfusca ''Scoparia subfusca'' is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe. The wingspan is 20–27 mm. The forewings are brown-grey, mixed or suffused with whitish, sometimes with a few black scales; a short black dash from ...

'' Haworth, 1811 *'' Scoparia subgracilis'' Sasaki, 1998 *'' Scoparia subita'' (Philpott, 1912) *'' Scoparia submedinella'' Caradja, 1927 *'' Scoparia submolestalis'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia subtersa'' Dyar, 1929 *'' Scoparia sylvestris'' C. E. Clarke, 1926 *'' Scoparia syntaracta'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia taiwanensis'' Sasaki, 1998 *'' Scoparia termobola'' Meyrick, 1938 *'' Scoparia tetracycla'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia tohokuensis'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia trapezophora'' Meyrick, 1885 *'' Scoparia triscelis'' Meyrick, 1909 *'' Scoparia tristicta'' Turner, 1922 *'' Scoparia tritocirrha'' Turner, 1918 *'' Scoparia tuicana'' C. E. Clarke, 1926 *'' Scoparia turneri'' Philpott, 1928 *'' Scoparia ulmaya'' Dyar, 1929 *'' Scoparia uncinata'' Li, Li & Nuss, 2010 *'' Scoparia ustimacula'' C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875 *'' Scoparia utsugii'' Inoue, 1994 *'' Scoparia valenternota'' Howes, 1946 *'' Scoparia vinotinctalis'' Hampson, 1896 *'' Scoparia vulpecula'' Meyrick, 1927 *'' Scoparia x-signata'' (Filipjev, 1927) *'' Scoparia yakushimana'' Inoue, 1982 *'' Scoparia yamanakai'' Inoue, 1982

Selected former species

*'' Scoparia atropicta'' Hampson, 1897

References

* , 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. * , 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. * , 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. * * , 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. * , 1998: Notes on the Scopariinae from Taiwan, with descriptions of nine new species (Lepidoptera: Crambidae). ''Tinea'' 15 (3): 191-201.

External links

''Scoparia''.
Natural History Museum, London. {{Taxonbar, from=Q7434412 Crambidae genera Scopariinae Taxa named by Adrian Hardy Haworth