Nosphidia

Nosphidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Carposinidae.[1] It contains the single species Nosphidia paradoxa, which is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1982.[2]

Nosphidia
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Nosphidia

Diakonoff, 1982
Species:
N. paradoxa
Binomial name
Nosphidia paradoxa
Diakonoff, 1982

Description

The wingspan of the male is 19 mm. Its proboscis is long and weak. Head silvery white. Eye very large. Antenna glossy light brown. Palpi long and glossy white. Thorax pale grayish. Abdomen creamy white, glossy. Forewing oblong and pointed. Forewing glossy white. Markings of forewings gray fuscous with bronze gloss. Basal patch light grayish. Costa with four pale fuscous spots. Cilia creamy. Hindwings whitish. Cilia white.[3]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nosphidia paradoxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  3. Diakonoff, A. (1982). "On a Collection of Some Families of Micro-Lepidoptera from Sri Lanka (Ceylon)". Zoologische Verhandelingen. 193: 1–124 via Naturalis Biodiversity Center.


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