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Nordstromia bicostata

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Nordstromia bicostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Nordstromia
Species:
N. bicostata
Binomial name
Nordstromia bicostata
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Drepana bicostata Hampson, 1912
  • Drepana opalescens Oberthür, 1916

Nordstromia bicostata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India, Sichuan in China, Nepal and northern Myanmar.[2]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale violaceous brown with red-brown antemedial and postmedial patches on the costa, the former with a slightly incurved fulvous line from it to the inner margin. There is an oblique fulvous subterminal line and the costal area towards the apex, the termen and cilia to vein 3 are all suffused with red-brown. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, the inner area greyish with a fulvous postmedial bar.[3]

Subspecies

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  • Nordstromia bicostata bicostata (India, Nepal, Myanmar)
  • Nordstromia bicostata opalescens (Oberthür, 1916) (China: Sichuan)

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nordstromia bicostata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018. Note: This source gives 1911 as the year of description.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
  3. ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21 (4): 1272 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.