Nymphicula nokensis

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

Nymphicula nokensis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Irian Jaya in New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous with a white antemedian fascia. The median area is scattered with brownish scales. The base of the hindwings is brown, with a white subbasal fascia and a fuscous line.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Peninsula Nok, the type location.[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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