Nymphicula susannae

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

Nymphicula susannae 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 13 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous with a whitish antemedian fascia, suffused with yellow and edged with fuscous. The middle area of the costa is yellow mixed with fuscous and the median area is scaled with dark fuscous. The base of the hindwings is white mixed with fuscous.

Etymology

The species is named for the daughter 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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