Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Scientific name Nymphuliella | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species N. daeckealis Rank Genus | |
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Nymphuliella is a genus of moth of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Nymphuliella daeckealis, the China Mark Moth, which is found from New Jersey south to Florida and west to Colorado.
The wingspan is 10-12 mm. The wings are blackish-fuscous, with a white line on the forewings, running from the costa to beyond the middle. There is a pale transverse postmedian line on the hindwings. Adults are on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on the leaves of water lilies and water hyacinth. The species overwinters in the larval stage, with the larvae attached to underwater stems of the host plant.
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