Afroscoparia

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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.Nuss, M. (2003). [http://www.senckenberg.de/files/content/forschung/publikationen/arthropodsystematics/ea_61_1/ea_61_1-109-115_nuss.pdf Afroscoparia – a new genus of Scopariine from southern Africa (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae).] Entomologische Abhandlungen 61(1) 109-15.

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Category:Scopariinae

Category:Crambidae genera

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