''Niphonympha'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Yponomeutidae
: ''Certain members of the unrelated snout moths (Pyralidae) are also known as "ermine moths." Spilosoma lubricipeda is an unrelated moth with the common name "white ermine."''
An ermine moth is any moth in the family Yponomeutidae, which has s ...
.
Species
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Niphonympha argentea'' -
Busck, 1912
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Niphonympha dealbatella'' -
Zeller, 1847
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Niphonympha delias''
(Meyrick, 1913) (from India/Assam)
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Niphonympha devota''
(Meyrick, 1913) (from India/Assam)
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Niphonympha duplicata''
(Meyrick, 1913) (from Sri Lanka)
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Niphonympha oxydelta'' -
(Meyrick, 1913) (from India/Coorg)
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Niphonympha vera'' -
Moriuti, 1963
References
Meyrick, 1913. Exotic Microlepidoptera Vol.1: 147-149
Yponomeutidae
{{Yponomeutidae-stub