Nordstromia bicostata
Nordstromia bicostata is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1912.[1] It is found in Sikkim in India, Sichuan in China, Nepal and northern Myanmar.[2]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Nordstromia |
| Species: | N. bicostata |
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| Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912) | |
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The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are pale violaceous brown with red-brown antemedial and postmedial patches on the costa, the former with a slightly incurved fulvous line from it to the inner margin. There is an oblique fulvous subterminal line and the costal area towards the apex, the termen and cilia to vein 3 are all suffused with red-brown. The hindwings are ochreous yellow, the inner area greyish with a fulvous postmedial bar.[3]
Subspecies
- Nordstromia bicostata bicostata (India, Nepal, Myanmar)
- Nordstromia bicostata opalescens (Oberthür, 1916) (China: Sichuan)
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nordstromia bicostata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018. Note: This source gives 1911 as the year of description.
- Savela, Markku. "Nordstromia bicostata (Hampson, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 21 (4): 1272
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