Nymphicula nigristriata

Nymphicula nigristriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphicula
Species: N. nigristriata
Binomial name
Nymphicula nigristriata
(Hampson, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta nigristriata Hampson, 1917

Nymphicula nigristriata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917. It is found in New Guinea[1] and on the Solomon Islands.

The wingspan is 11–14 mm. The forewings are suffused with brown in the basal two-thirds. The base is brown mixed with ochreous and the antemedian fascia is yellow. The median area is scattered with dark brown scales. The base of the hindwings is brown with a white subbasal fascia and a silver grey tornal spot, as well as a yellow streak.[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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