Nacoleia mesochlora

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Nacoleia mesochlora
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Aranda, Australian Capital Territory
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nacoleia
Species:
N. mesochlora
Binomial name
Nacoleia mesochlora
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Deuterarcha mesochloraMeyrick, 1884
  • Endotricha annuligeraButler, 1886

Nacoleia mesochlora is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1884. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland, [1] the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. [2]

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are pale dull whitish ochreous. The first line is straight, thick and blackish, from one-third of the costa to two-fifths of the inner margin. The basal area up to this line is rather dark fuscous. The second line is thick, blackish and runs from three-fourths of the costa to beyond the middle of the inner margin. The hind-marginal area beyond this line is rather dark fuscous and there is a cloudy fuscous discal spot, as well as three small semicircular blackish-fuscous centred marks on the costa between first and second lines. The hindwings are pale ochreous yellow, with a broad rather dark fuscous hind-marginal band. [3]

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References

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  2. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (6 April 2014). "Nacoleia mesochlora (Meyrick, 1884)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1884). "On the classification of the Australian Pyralidina". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1884: 313 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .