Nymphicula lactealis

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

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

The wingspan is 13–14 mm. The base of the forewings is white with a dark brown subbasal fascia and a white antemedian fascia. The median area is scaled with dark brown. The basal area of the hindwings is white with a dark brown spot. The antemedian fascia is brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the milky coloration of the subterminal area of the hindwings.[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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