Biology:Nordstromia bicostata

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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth

Nordstromia bicostata
Nordstromia sp cf. bicostata. Drepanidae; Drepaninae (7221100434).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae
Genus: Nordstromia
Species:
N. bicostata
Binomial name
Nordstromia bicostata
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Drepana bicostata Hampson, 1912
  • Drepana opalescens Oberthür, 1916

Nordstromia bicostata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India, Sichuan in China, Nepal and northern Myanmar.[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, Myanmar)
  • Nordstromia bicostata opalescens (Oberthür, 1916) (China: Sichuan)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13902234 entry