Nossa nelcinna
Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1875.[1] It is found in the north-western Himalayas[2] and China.
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The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous (sooty) with black veins and a black longitudinal streak in the cell on the forewings. The spaces between the veins from the base to the disc of the forewings are greenish yellowish white and there is a transverse discal row of yellowish-white lunules, as well as a marginal row of small spots. The hindwings have yellowish-white spaces between the veins at the base. There is a discal transverse row of conical spots and a marginal row of quadrate spots.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nossa nelcinna". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018. Note: This source gives 1874 as the year of description.
- Savela, Markku (ed.). "Nossa nelcinna (Moore, [1875])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2019.
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1874 (4): 577, pl. 67, f. 7.
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