Nymphicula australis

Nymphicula australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Nymphicula
Species:	N. australis
Binomial name
	Nymphicula australis; (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Cataclysta australis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Margarosticha australis;

Nymphicula australis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found on Fiji.^[1]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The base of the forewings is whitish and the basal area is fuscous mixed with orange. The antemedian band is orange, bordered by whitish. There is a dark streak above the dorsum. The base of the hindwings is fuscous with a white subbasal fascia and an orange antemedian band.^[2]

References

^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
^ 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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[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.

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