Nudaria diaphanella

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Nudaria diaphanella
File:Palaeopsis diaphanella (19329191391).jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Nudaria
Species:
N. diaphanella
Binomial name
Nudaria diaphanella
(Hampson, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Palaeopsis diaphanella Hampson, 1893

Nudaria diaphanella is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae first described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]

Description

Its wingspan is 14 mm. The male has a white body with semi-diaphanous wings. Forewings with subbasal and antemedial brown spots on the costa. A postmedial spot runs a waved line to inner margin. There is an indistinct patch found beyond the cell and three large submarginal spots.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Nudaria diaphanella (Hampson, 1893)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. Hampson, G. F. (1894). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Moths Volume II. Vol. Moths - Vol. II. Taylor and Francis – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.