The wingspan is 15–22 mm. The forewings are whitish, more or less sprinkled with grey and black; a black ochreous-mixed mark from base of costa; lines whitish, dark -edged, first irregular, second angulated above middle; orbicular elongate, brownish, more or less black-edged, resting on first line; claviform dot- like, black, seldom elongated to touch first line; discal spot 8-shaped, incompletely black edged, upper and sometimes lower half pale greyish-ochreous or brownish; terminal area dark, subterminal line cloudy, whitish; a terminal series of blackish marks. Hindwings are prismatic grey-whitish, terminally suffused with grey.[2]
The moth flies from May to September depending on the location.
The larvae feed on valerian and probably also on various mosses.
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scoparia, ambigualis, species, moth, family, crambidae, described, friedrich, treitschke, 1829, found, europe, asia, minor, possibly, guangdong, shanxi, china, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, l. 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 1 Scoparia ambigualisScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily CrambidaeGenus ScopariaSpecies S ambigualisBinomial nameScoparia ambigualis Treitschke 1829 SynonymsHercyna ambigualis Treitschke 1829 Eudorea asphodeliella La Harpe 1855 Eudorea atomalis Stainton 1855 Scoparia ambigualis nigra Hamfelt 1917 Scoparia ambigualis ab crossi E R Bankes 1909 Scoparia ambigualis f taeniatella Teich 1889 Scoparia ambigualis f whalleyi Leraut 1984 Scoparia ambigualis var aestiva A Speyer 1867 Scoparia erralis Guenee 1854 Scoparia klinckowstroemi Hamfelt 1917The wingspan is 15 22 mm The forewings are whitish more or less sprinkled with grey and black a black ochreous mixed mark from base of costa lines whitish dark edged first irregular second angulated above middle orbicular elongate brownish more or less black edged resting on first line claviform dot like black seldom elongated to touch first line discal spot 8 shaped incompletely black edged upper and sometimes lower half pale greyish ochreous or brownish terminal area dark subterminal line cloudy whitish a terminal series of blackish marks Hindwings are prismatic grey whitish terminally suffused with grey 2 The moth flies from May to September depending on the location The larvae feed on valerian and probably also on various mosses References edit 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 Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and descriptionExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Scoparia ambigualis nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Scoparia ambigualis Waarneming nl in Dutch Archived 2012 07 29 at the Wayback Machine Lepidoptera of Belgium Scoparia ambigualis at UKMoths This Scopariinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scoparia ambigualis amp oldid 1188003035, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
