''Nymphicula yoshiyasui'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2002. It is found from

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and

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to Amami-Oshima in Japan. The length of the forewings is 6.7 mm for males and 7.1 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings is pale orange, but fuscous from the base to the antemedial band, but scattered with pale orange scales on posterior portion. The hindwings are pale orange from the base to the antemedial band. The area between the antemedial band and medial area is pale orange, but its anterior portion is whitish, mixed with dark brown scales. The species is similar to ''

Nymphicula junctalis ''Nymphicula junctalis'' is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1891. It is found in India in the Nilgiri Mountains and Kanara district. Records from Japan refer to '' Nymphicula yoshiyasui''. The wingspan ...

''. The diagnostic features are the five marginal eyespots on the hindwings, the pale orange apex of the forewings. Full-grown larvae reach a length of 8-10.1 mm.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Dr. Yutaka Yoshiyasu who discovered the species. 2002: ''Nymphicula yoshiyasui'' n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Nymphulinae) from Japan. ''Entomological Science'' 5 (2): 259-261. Full article

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References

Nymphicula Moths described in 2002 {{Nymphicula-stub