Nannoarctia himalayana

Nannoarctia himalayana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Nannoarctia
Species: N. himalayana
Binomial name
Nannoarctia himalayana
Dubatolov, Haynes & Kishida, 2010

Nannoarctia himalayana is a moth of the Arctiidae family. It is found in Nepal and India.[1]

The length of the forewings is 17-17.5 mm for ssp. himalayana and 16–18 mm for ssp. nepalica. Subspecies himalayana has dark brown forewings with two large spots behind the cell and a slightly s-shaped oblique band running from the wing apex towards the middle of the hind margin. The hindwings are light yellow with a brown costal margin. The forewings of ssp. nepalica are dark brown with two elongate spots behind the cell and a narrow oblique band running from the wing apex towards the middle of the hind margin. The hindwings are light yellow, with a brown costal margin and a small brown spot at the tornus.

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