Nymphicula cheesmanae

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

Nymphicula cheesmanae is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found on the New Hebrides.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a whitish antemedian fascia. The median area is scattered with brown scales. The base of the hindwings is brown with a white subbasal fascia and a brown antemedian fascia with yellow coloration near the dorsum.

Etymology

The species is named for Evelyn Cheesman.[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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