Nemophora opalina

Nemophora opalina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Adelidae
Genus: Nemophora
Species: N. opalina
Binomial name
Nemophora opalina
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Nemotois opalina Meyrick, 1912

Nemophora opalina is a moth of the Adelidae family that is found in New South Wales and Queensland.

Original Description

Male, Female 11 millimetres (0.43 in). Head and palpi oehreous; frons brilliantly bluish-metallic. Antennae fuscous. Thorax bronzy-metallic. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings bright golden, in some lights purple; a short broad longitudinal yellow streak from base of dorsum; between it and dorsum a blackish streak; between it and costa first a bluish-metallic streak, then a blackish streak; a bluish-metallic streak on base of costa; a broad transverse yellow band with longitudinal blackish striations, extending on costa from 2/7 to 4/7, and on dorsum from 1/4 to 3/4; cilia fuscous, with golden reflections. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous, with slight purplish iridescence; cilia fuscous, towards tornus whitish. N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in April (Dodd).-Q. : Montville, near Nambour, in October; four specimens.
Original description by Edward Meyrick
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