''Nola pygmaea'' is a

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 ...

in the family

Nolidae Nolidae is a family of moths with about 1,700 described species worldwide. They are mostly small with dull coloration, the main distinguishing feature being a silk cocoon with a vertical exit slit. The group is sometimes known as tuft moths, aft ...

. It is found in

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. It was described by

George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...

in 1912 in the

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

genus '' Sufetula'', but was later transferred to ''

Nola Nola is a town and a municipality in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, southern Italy. It lies on the plain between Mount Vesuvius and the Apennines. It is traditionally credited as the diocese that introduced bells to Christian worship. ...

''. The

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is about 10 mm. The forewings are grey, suffused with brown. The antemedial line is blackish and waved and there is an oblique blackish striga from the middle of the costa, as well as a small black discoidal spot placed on the postmedial line, which is blackish defined on outer side by white. There is an indistinct whitish subterminal line defined on the inner side by brown and a terminal series of black points defined on the inner side by white. The hindwings are grey suffused with brown and with a blackish antemedial line from the cell to the inner margin. There is also a blackish discoidal point and an indistinct dark postmedial line, defined on the outer side by whitish. There is a terminal series of black striae defined on the inner side by whitish.''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q13490998 Moths described in 1912 Nolidae