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

Nymphicula ochrepunctalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea (the Western Province) and Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and the Northern Terrritory.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewing is whitish with a dark fuscous subbasal fascia and a white antemedian band, tinged with ochreous and edged with dark fuscous. The medial area is dark brown. The base of the hindwings is whitish, suffused with fuscous. The antemedian band is brownish and the tornal streak is ochreous.

Etymology

The species name refers to the ochreous spot in the middle of the hindwings.[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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