Nidara croceina

Nidara croceina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Nidara
Species: N. croceina
Binomial name
Nidara croceina
Mabille, 1898

Nidara croceina is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Mabille in 1898.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 21 mm for males and 19 mm for females. Both wings are yellow with a large white spot and a trace of a second smaller white spot, both distal to the end of the cell. The hindwings are unmarked.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nidara croceina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)


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