Afroscoparia Explained

Afroscoparia is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae, the grass moths. It was established in 2003 to provide a new name for a Scoparia species, now Afroscoparia contemptalis. At the same time, A. australis was described.^[1]

Species

• Afroscoparia australis Nuss, 2003
• Afroscoparia contemptalis (Walker, 1866)
• Afroscoparia malutiensis Maes, 2004

Notes and References

1. Nuss, M. (2003). Afroscoparia – a new genus of Scopariine from southern Africa (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61(1) 109-15.