Nymphicula conjunctalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2014.[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from the Northern Territory.
Nymphicula conjunctalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Nymphicula |
Species: | N. conjunctalis
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Binomial name | |
Nymphicula conjunctalis Agassiz, 2014
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The wingspan is about 11 mm.
Etymology
editThe species name refers to the conjoined terminal eyespots of 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.