Nymphicula insulalis

Nymphicula insulalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphicula
Species: N. insulalis
Binomial name
Nymphicula insulalis
Agassiz, 2014

Nymphicula insulalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in New Caledonia.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. Part of the costa of the forewings is brown, but mixed with brownish and whitish from the base to antemedian fascia. The median area is scaled brown. The base of the hindwings is brown and the subbasal fascia is white.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Island location of the species.[2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Agassiz, D.J.L., 2014: A preliminary study of the genus Nymphicula Snellen from Australia, New Guinea and the South Pacific (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Acentropinae). Zootaxa, 3774(5): 401-429.


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