Nymphicula monticola

Nymphicula monticola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Nymphicula
Species:	N. monticola
Binomial name
	Nymphicula monticola; Agassiz, 2014

Nymphicula monticola is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in the highlands of New Guinea.

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The base of the forewings is mixed pale fuscous and ochreous. The antemedian fascia is yellowish, bordered with white. The median area is scaled with dark brown. The base of the hindwings is fuscous.

Etymology

The species name refers to the mountainous area where the species is found.[2]

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References

"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.

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.

[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.