''Nhoabe mocquerysalis'' is a species of snout moth, and the

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

in the genus ''

Nhoabe ''Nhoabe'' is a genus of Pyralidae, snout moths described by Pierre Viette in 1953. Species *''Nhoabe marionalis'' P. Leraut, 2006 *''Nhoabe millotalis'' Viette, 1953 *''Nhoabe minetalis'' P. Leraut, 2006 *''Nhoabe mocquerysalis'' Viette, 1953 * ...

''. It was described by

Viette Viette is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Viette Brown Sprague (1846–1923), American teaching missionary in Kalgan, China *Pierre Viette Pierre E. L. Viette (29 June 1921 – 30 April 2011) was a French e ...

in 1953, and is known from

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

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Moths described in 1953 Pyralinae Moths of Madagascar Moths of Africa {{Pyralinae-stub