Scoparia

Individual of Scoparia sp., photographed by Donald Hobern.

Belongs within: Pyralidae.

Scoparia is a genus of moths distinguished from the closely related Eudoria by their non-retractile ovipositor.

Characters (from McDunnough 1961): Male genitalia with uncus tapering and ending in blunt point, claspers showing a short, projecting spine on ventral margin, vesica containing a cluster of strong cornuti. Ovipositor non-retractile, posterior apophyses very short.

<==Scoparia
    |--S. axena M27
    |--S. chalicodes L27
    |--S. colpota L27
    |--S. encapna M27
    |--S. favillifera P27
    |--S. lychnophanes Meyrick 1927 M27
    |--S. minualis L27
    |--S. minusculalis L27
    |--S. octophora L27
    |--S. pachyerga Meyrick 1927 M27
    |--S. petrina L27
    |--S. philerga P27
    |--S. sabulosella L27
    `--S. vulpecula Meyrick 1927 M27

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[L27] Lindsay, S. 1927. A list of the Lepidoptera of Deans Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 693-696.

McDunnough, J. H. 1961. A study of some Scopariinae (Lepidoptera) of Nova Scotia, with particular reference to the female genitalia. American Museum Novitates 2054: 1-10.

[M27] Meyrick, E. 1927. Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 697-702.

[P27] Philpott, A. 1927. The maxillae in the Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 721-746.