Nymphula nitidulata

Nymphula nitidulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphula
Species: N. nitidulata
Binomial name
Nymphula nitidulata
(Hufnagel, 1767)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphula stagnata
  • Phalaena (Pyralis) potamogalis Hübner, 1793
  • Phalaena stagnata Donovan, 1806
  • Hydrocampa stagnalis Guenée, 1854

The Beautiful China-mark (Nymphula nitidulata) is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, Japan (Hokkaido), Turkey, Armenia, Russia (Ural, Siberia, Amur) and China.[2]

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Sparganium and Nuphar lutea.

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162. Abstract and full article: .

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