| Afroscoparia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Crambidae | 
| Genus: | Afroscoparia Nuss, 2003[1]  | 
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.[2]
Species
- Afroscoparia australis Nuss, 2003
 - Afroscoparia contemptalis (Walker, 1866)
 - Afroscoparia malutiensis Maes, 2004
 
References
- โ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
 - โ Nuss, M. (2003). Afroscoparia โ a new genus of Scopariine from southern Africa (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Entomologische Abhandlungen 61(1) 109-15.
 
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