Nymphicula fionae

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Nymphicula fionae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphicula
Species:
N. fionae
Binomial name
Nymphicula fionae
Agassiz, 2014

Nymphicula fionae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found on Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea.

The wingspan is about 12.5 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a brown costa and a straw antemedian fascia, edged with dark brown. The median area is suffused with brown. The base of the hindwings is brown and the subbasal fascia is white.

Etymology[edit]

The species is named for the former wife of the author.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. 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.