Tauroscopa notabilis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tauroscopa |
| Species: | T. notabilis
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Tauroscopa notabilis is a moth of the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1923.[2]
Description
T. notabilis was described by Philpott as follows:
♂. 20mm. Head, palpi, and thorax black mixed with ochreous-whitish. Antennae black. Abdomen fuscous-black, anal tuft mixed with ochreous. Legs fuscous, tibiae and tarsi almost wholly whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather short, costa slightly arched at base, thence straight, apex rectangular, termen faintly rounded, little oblique, blackish-fuscous sprinkled with ochreous and white scales; an indistinct basal line, curved, irregular, white; first line from 1⁄3 costa to 2⁄5 dorsum, dentate at middle, white, suffusedly margined anteriorly and narrowly posteriorly with black; a discal blackish blotch in whitish median shade; second line from 1⁄4 costa to 4⁄5 dorsum, weakly dentate, roundly projecting above middle, white, narrowly margined anteriorly and suffusedly posteriorly, except at middle, with blackish ; a subterminal whitish shade; a series of round black spots on termen : cilia grey, tips whitish. Hindwings pale fuscous: cilia fuscous, tips whitish.[2]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the South Island.[3]
References
- ^ a b 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.
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