Nymphicula cyanolitha

Nymphicula cyanolitha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1886. It is found on Fiji.[1]

Nymphicula cyanolitha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Nymphicula
Species:
N. cyanolitha
Binomial name
Nymphicula cyanolitha
(Meyrick, 1886)
Synonyms
  • Anydraula cyanolitha Meyrick, 1886
  • Cataclysta cyanolitha

The wingspan is 13–15 mm. The base of the forewings is brown with a white subbasal fascia and a yellow antemedian fascia, edged with brown. The medial area is scattered with brown scales and the terminal area is orange. The base of the hindwings is brown. The subbasal fascia is white and the antemedian fascia yellow.[2]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Mally, Richard; Hayden, James; Bauer, Franziska; Segerer, Andreas; Li, Houhun; Schouten, Rob; Solis, M. Alma; Trofimova, Tatiana; De Prins, Jurate & Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
  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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