Nausinoe reussi

Nausinoe reussi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nausinoe
Species: N. reussi
Binomial name
Nausinoe reussi
(Gaede, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lepyrodes reussi Gaede, 1917

Nausinoe reussi is a species of moth of the Crambidae family. It can be found in eastern Africa, in Tanzania.

This species remembers a little Nausinoe geometralis. It has pale-brown wings with white spots and has a wingspan of 18-20mm. The holotypes were found in Kilwa in German East Africa (today: Tanzania), Dar es Salaam, and Ukerewe Island.[2]

References

  1. afromoths
  2. Gaede, M., Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, bd. 8 (1915-17), p.397-398


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