Biology:Nordstromia bicostata
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Short description: Species of hook-tip moth
Nordstromia bicostata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Drepanidae |
Genus: | Nordstromia |
Species: | N. bicostata
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Binomial name | |
Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912)
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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
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Nordstromia bicostata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=84570. Note: This source gives 1911 as the year of description.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/drepanoidea/drepanidae/drepaninae/nordstromia/#bicostata. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21 (4): 1272
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Wikidata ☰ Q13902234 entry
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