Scoparia afghanorum Leraut, 1985

Li, Weichun, Li, Houhun & Nuss, Matthias, 2010, Taxonomic revision of Scoparia Haworth, 1811 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China, Zootaxa 2609, pp. 1-33 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197783
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197736
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scientific name	Scoparia afghanorum Leraut, 1985
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5. Scoparia afghanorum Leraut, 1985 View in CoL

Scoparia afghanorum Leraut, 1985: 327 View in CoL , figs. 1–4. Type locality: Kabul, Afghanistan.

Material examined. China: 1 3, Zezhawa, Jiuzhaigou (33.17°N, 103.54°E), Sichuan Province, 2400 m, 14.viii.2002, leg. Shulian Hao (genitalia slide no. LWC08200), NKUM. 2 33, Lijiang (26.52°N, 100.14°E), Yunnan Province, 9/ 19.ix.1935, leg. H. Höne (genitalia slide no. LWC08117); 1 3, Taibaishan (33.57°N, 107.47°E), Qinling, Shaanxi Province, 31.v.1935, leg. H. Höne (genitalia slide no. LWC08105), ZFMK.

Diagnosis. Scoparia afghanorum is similar to S. congestalis . The differences between the two species are stated under S. congestalis .

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan); Afghanistan.

Remarks. This species is recorded for the first time in China.