{{Short description|Species of moth endemic to New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = Tauroscopa notabilis female.jpg | image_caption = Female | image2 = Tauroscopa notabilis male.jpg | image2_caption = Male | genus = Tauroscopa | species = notabilis | authority = Philpott, 1923<ref name="NZIB" /> }}
'''''Tauroscopa notabilis''''' is a moth of the family Crambidae.<ref name="NZIB">{{Cite Q|Q45922947|page=457}}</ref> It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1923. It is endemic to New Zealand.
==Taxonomy== This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1923.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Philpott|first=A.|date=1923|title=Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33596230|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|language=en|volume=54|pages=148–154|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
== Description == ''T. notabilis'' was described by Philpott as follows: {{Blockquote|♂. 20mm. Head, palpi, and thorax black mixed with ochreous-whitish. Antennae black. Abdomen fuscous-black, anal tuft mixed with ochreous. Legs fuscous, tibiae and tarsi almost wholly whitish-ochreous. Forewings rather short, costa slightly arched at base, thence straight, apex rectangular, termen faintly rounded, little oblique, blackish-fuscous sprinkled with ochreous and white scales; an indistinct basal line, curved, irregular, white; first line from {{frac|1|3}} costa to {{frac|2|5}} dorsum, dentate at middle, white, suffusedly margined anteriorly and narrowly posteriorly with black; a discal blackish blotch in whitish median shade; second line from {{frac|1|4}} costa to {{frac|4|5}} dorsum, weakly dentate, roundly projecting above middle, white, narrowly margined anteriorly and suffusedly posteriorly, except at middle, with blackish ; a subterminal whitish shade; a series of round black spots on termen : cilia grey, tips whitish. Hindwings pale fuscous: cilia fuscous, tips whitish.<ref name=":0" />}}
==Distribution== This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the South Island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/775d3171-1c0b-4fb2-a6e5-95bac1f72605|title=Tauroscopa notabilis Philpott, 1923|website=www.nzor.org.nz|publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|access-date=2018-01-22}}</ref>
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Category:Crambinae Category:Moths described in 1923 Category:Endemic moths of New Zealand Category:Taxa named by Alfred Philpott
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