Nemophora opalina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Adelidae |
Genus: | Nemophora |
Species: | N. opalina |
Binomial name | |
Nemophora opalina (Meyrick, 1912) | |
Synonyms | |
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Nemophora opalina is a moth of the family Adelidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in the Australian states of New South Wales and Queensland.
Male, Female 11 millimetres (0.43 in). Head and palpi ochreous; frons brilliantly bluish-metallic. Antennae fuscous. Thorax bronzy-metallic. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings bright golden, in some lights purple; a short broad longitudinal yellow streak from base of dorsum; between it and dorsum a blackish streak; between it and costa first a bluish-metallic streak, then a blackish streak; a bluish-metallic streak on base of costa; a broad transverse yellow band with longitudinal blackish striations, extending on costa from 2/7 to 4/7, and on dorsum from 1/4 to 3/4; cilia fuscous, with golden reflections. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous, with slight purplish iridescence; cilia fuscous, towards tornus whitish. N.Q.: Kuranda, near Cairns, in April (Dodd).-Q.: Montville, near Nambour, in October; four specimens.
— Original description by Edward Meyrick
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