Nymphuliella

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Nymphuliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Acentropinae
Genus: Nymphuliella
Lange, 1956 [1]
Species:
N. daeckealis
Binomial name
Nymphuliella daeckealis
(Haimbach, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Diathrausta daeckealisHaimbach, 1915
  • Nymphula broweriHeinrich, 1940

Nymphuliella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Harry Lange in 1956. It contains only one species, Nymphuliella daeckealis, known in the US as the china mark moth, described by F. Haimbach in 1915. It is found in the United States from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Colorado. [2]

References

  1. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University