Nymphicula submarginalis
| Nymphicula submarginalis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Nymphicula |
| Species: | N. submarginalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Nymphicula submarginalis Agassiz, 2014
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Nymphicula submarginalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea, where it has been recorded from the Western and Southern highlands.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The base of the forewings is dark fuscous with an orange antemedian band and a fuscous spot on the middle of the costa. The base of the hindwings is white with a fuscous line and a fuscous antemedian band.
Etymology[edit]
The species name refers to the subterminal markings on the hindwings.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.