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

Nymphicula christinae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 12โ€“13 mm. The base of the forewing is brown. The antemedian fascia are pale ochreous, edged with dark ochreous. The medial zone is scattered with brown scales and the costa is suffused with ochreous and brown. The terminal area is orange. The hindwings have a few brownish scales at the base and a white subbasal band. The antemedian fascia are orange and the medial zone is white, scaled with dark brown.

Etymology

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

References

  1. โ†‘ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. โ†‘ 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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