Nymphicula submarginalis

Nymphicula submarginalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Western and Southern highlands.

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The base of the forewings is dark fuscous with an orange antemedian band and a fuscous spot on the middle of the costa. The base of the hindwings is white with a fuscous line and a fuscous antemedian band.

Etymology

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The species name refers to the subterminal markings on the hindwings.[2]

References

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  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.