Nymphicula yoshiyasui
| Nymphicula yoshiyasui | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nymphicula |
| Species: | N. yoshiyasui |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphicula yoshiyasui D. J. L. Agassiz, 2002[1] | |
Nymphicula yoshiyasui is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by D. J. L. Agassiz in 2002. It is found from Taiwan and Okinawa to Amami-Oshima in Japan.
The length of the forewings is 6.7 mm for males and 7.1 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is pale orange, but fuscous from the base to the antemedial band, but scattered with pale orange scales on posterior portion. The hindwings are pale orange from the base to the antemedial band. The area between the antemedial band and medial area is pale orange, but its anterior portion is whitish, mixed with dark brown scales. The species is similar to Nymphicula junctalis. The diagnostic features are the five marginal eye spots on the hindwings, the pale orange apex of the forewings.
Full-grown larvae reach a length of 8-10.1 mm.[2]
Etymology
The species is named in honour of Dr. Yutaka Yoshiyasu who discovered the species.[3]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ A Systematic Study of the Genus Nymphicula Snellen from Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
- ↑ Agassiz, D.J.L. 2002: Nymphicula yoshiyasui n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Nymphulinae) from Japan. Entomological Science 5 (2): 259-261. Full article: