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Nacoleia oncophragma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nacoleia

Nacoleia oncophragma is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Turner in 1908. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm. The forewings are fuscous, tinged with ochreous. The lines are darker fuscous. The hindwings are fuscous, towards the base sometimes whitish and there is an outwardly-curved fuscous line from the costa to the dorsum, as well as a finely dentate line from the costa, not reaching the dorsum.

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Nacoleia oncophragma Wikipedia