Nymphicula mesorphna

Nymphicula mesorphna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nymphicula
Species: N. mesorphna
Binomial name
Nymphicula mesorphna
(Meyrick, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Cataclysta mesorphna Meyrick, 1894
  • Nymphicula minuta Yoshiyasu, 1980

Nymphicula mesorphna is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1894. It is found in Myanmar, Japan[1] and Taiwan.

The length of the forewings is 4.9-5.3 mm for males and 5.5-5.6 mm for females. The forewings are pale orange, but fuscous from the base to the white antemedial band and mixed with pale orange scales proximally. The hindwings are white from the base to the antemedial band and partly scattered with dark brown scales. The antemedial band is white. The area between the antemedial band and the medial area is pale orange, mixed with fuscous scales on the anterior portion.[2]

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