Nossa nelcinna

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Nossa nelcinna
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Epicopeiidae
Genus: Nossa
Species:
N. nelcinna
Binomial name
Nossa nelcinna
(Moore, [1875])
Synonyms
  • Atossa nelcinnaMoore, [1875]
  • Atossa nelcymna var. chinensisLeech, 1890

Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1875. [1] It is found in the north-western Himalayas [2] and China.

The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous (sooty) with black veins and a black longitudinal streak in the cell on the forewings. The spaces between the veins from the base to the disc of the forewings are greenish yellowish white and there is a transverse discal row of yellowish-white lunules, as well as a marginal row of small spots. The hindwings have yellowish-white spaces between the veins at the base. There is a discal transverse row of conical spots and a marginal row of quadrate spots. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nossa nelcinna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 27, 2018. Note: This source gives 1874 as the year of description.
  2. Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nossa nelcinna (Moore, [1875])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
  3. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1874 (4): 577, pl. 67, f. 7. PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .