Nymphicula michaeli

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

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

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewings and the basal half of the costa is fuscous, the antemedian fascia is whitish, edged with fuscous. The median area is scattered with fuscous scales. The basal half of the hindwings is suffused with fuscous in zigzag bands.

Etymology

The species is named for the son of the author.[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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