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Nossa nelcinna

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Epicopeiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nossa

Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the Epicopeiidae family. It is found in the north-western Himalayas and China.

The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous 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.

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Nossa nelcinna Wikipedia