Nordstromia bicostata
| Nordstromia bicostata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Nordstromia |
| Species: | N. bicostata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nordstromia bicostata is a moth in the Drepanidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in India (Sikkim), China (Sichuan), Nepal and northern Burma.[2]
The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale violaceous brown with red-brown antemedial and postmedial patches on the costa, the former with a slightly incurved fulvous line from it to the inner margin. There is an oblique fulvous subterminal line and the costal area towards the apex, the termen and cilia to vein 3 are all suffused with red-brown. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, the inner area greyish with a fulvous postmedial bar.[3]
Subspecies
- Nordstromia bicostata bicostata (India, Nepal, Burma)
- Nordstromia bicostata opalescens (Oberthür, 1916) (China: Sichuan)
References
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