Nymphicula perirrorata
| Nymphicula perirrorata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nymphicula |
| Species: | N. perirrorata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphicula perirrorata (Hampson, 1917) | |
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Nymphicula perirrorata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917.[1] It is found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is 9–13 mm. The forewings are white, suffused with fuscous and with yellow subbasal and antemedian fasciae. The middle of the wing is creamy white with scattered dark fuscous scales. The base of the hindwings is white, the median area scattered with dark fuscous scales. Adults have been recorded on wing from February to March, in May, from June to August, October and November.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L., 2012: The Acentropinae (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae) of Africa. Zootaxa 3494: 1–73. Abstract: .
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