Nymphuliella

Nymphuliella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Harry Lange in 1956. It contains only one species, Nymphuliella daeckealis, known in the US as the china mark moth, described by F. Haimbach in 1915. It is found in the United States from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Colorado.[2]

See also: China mark moth

Nymphuliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Nymphuliella

Lange, 1956[1]
Species:
N. daeckealis
Binomial name
Nymphuliella daeckealis
(Haimbach, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Diathrausta daeckealis Haimbach, 1915
  • Nymphula broweri Heinrich, 1940

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The wings are blackish fuscous, with a white line on the forewings, running from the costa to beyond the middle. There is a pale transverse postmedian line on the hindwings.[3] Adults are on wing from May to October.

The larvae feed on the leaves of water lilies and water hyacinth. The species overwinters in the larval stage, with the larvae attached to underwater stems of the host plant.[4]

References
  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
  3. Heinrich, C. 1940. Some new American pyralidoid moths. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 42(2): 37
  4. Bug Guide


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