Nossa nelcinna
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Nossa nelcinna (Moore, [1875])
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Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the Epicopeiidae family.[1] It is found in the north-western Himalayas[2] and China.
The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous with black veins and a black longitudinal streak in the cell on the forewings. The spaces between the veins from the base to the disc of the forewings are greenish yellowish white and there is a transverse discal row of yellowish-white lunules, as well as a marginal row of small spots. The hindwings have yellowish white spaces between the veins at the base. There is a discal transverse row of conical spots and a marginal row of quadrate spots.[3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nossa nelcinna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018. Note: This source gives 1874 as the year of description.
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- ^ Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 577, pl. 67, f. 7