Biology:Nycteropa

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Short description: Genus of moths

Nycteropa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Oenosandridae
Genus: Nycteropa
Turner, 1941
Species:
N. subovalis
Binomial name
Nycteropa subovalis
Turner, 1941
Synonyms
  • Oxymetopa phaeogramma Turner, 1943

Nycteropa subovalis is a moth of the family Oenosandridae and only member of the genus Nycteropa.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The wings are grey. The forewings are darker and have a number of submarginal dark sinuous parallel lines.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q652105 entry