Nacoleia mesochlora
| Nacoleia mesochlora | |
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| Aranda, ACT, Australia, 17/18 December 2015 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nacoleia |
| Species: | N. mesochlora |
| Binomial name | |
| Nacoleia mesochlora (Meyrick, 1884) | |
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Nacoleia mesochlora is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1884. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland,[1] the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.[2]
The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale dull whitish ochreous. The first line is straight, thick and blackish, from one-third of the costa to two-fifths of the inner margin. The basal area up to this line is rather dark fuscous. The second line is thick, blackish and runs from three-fourths of the costa to beyond the middle of the inner margin. The hind marginal area beyond this line is rather dark fuscous and there is a cloudy fuscous discal spot, as well as three small semicircular blackish fuscous-centred marks on the costa between first and second lines. The hindwings are pale ochreous-yellow, with a broad rather dark fuscous hind-marginal band.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884