Nymphicula nyasalis

Nymphicula nyasalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphicula
Species: N. nyasalis
Binomial name
Nymphicula nyasalis
(Hampson, 1917)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta nyasalis Hampson, 1917

Nymphicula nyasalis is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Hampson in 1917.[1] It is found in the Republic of Congo, Malawi and Tanzania.[2]

The wingspan is 9–14 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous. There is an orange subbasal fascia followed by a whitish fascia, separated by fuscous scales. The hindwings are whitish, irrorated with fuscous.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .


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