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Nymphicula perirrorata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Crambidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Nymphicula

Nymphicula perirrorata is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Hampson in 1917. It is found in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 9–13 mm. The forewings are white, suffused with fuscous and with yellow subbasal and antemedian fasciae. The middle of the wing is creamy white with scattered dark fuscous scales. The base of the hindwings is white, the median area scattered with dark fuscous scales. Adults have been recorded on wing from February to March, in May, from June to August, October and November.

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Nymphicula perirrorata Wikipedia