Nymphicula submarginalis, Agassiz, David, 2014

Agassiz, David, 2014, A preliminary study of the genus Nymphicula Snellen from Australia, New Guinea and the south Pacific (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Acentropinae), Zootaxa 3774 (5), pp. 401-429 : 411-412

Nymphicula submarginalis sp. n.

Description of imago (fig. 17). Wingspan 12mm. Head, face, thorax & tegulae pale ochreous. Labial palpus ochreous, second segment fuscous ventrally. Forewing: base dark fuscous; antemedian band orange from dorsum to above fold, then fuscous, not going beyond subcostal vein; a fuscous spot on middle of costa; medial area darkly edged on inside and above by strong curved row of scales; terminal cilia irregularly chequered fuscous & white. Hindwing: base white; subbasal band a diffuse fuscous line; antemedian band fuscous containing dull orange lunule; medial area with clear line near costa and contiguous with strong submarginal line—closely following outline of eye-spots; five eye-spots, confluent, especially 3 and 4; separated by silver studs.

Foreleg of male with blackish tibial epiphysis and black distal tibial spines; foreleg of female with just the epiphysis.

Tympanal organs (fig. 43) Ramus tympany slender; pons tympany close together; venulae secundae strong, very slightly curved, widely separated; venula media very short; tympanum with inner edge of lobes rather straight..

Male genitalia (fig. 65) Coremata twice length of 7th segment. Valva long and slender, costa convex, dorsum slightly concave; hairs in a longish bunch at apex only; uncus twice gnathos. Aedeagus with a simple thorn-shaped cornutus.

Female genitalia (fig. 86) Ductus bursa with a pronounced swelling below collar; corpus bursa long and slender, signa comprising a long broad scobinate patch almost whole length of corpus bursa.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ labelled Papua New Guinea | Southern Highlands | Pimaga 2400ft.| 16.i.1986 | D.J.L.Agassiz; 23 paratypes: 17 with same data, 2 Papua New Guinea | Western Highlands | Baiyer R. 3500ft | D.J.L. Agassiz. ( BMNH); 1♂, 1 ♀ deposited in ANIC, Canberra; 2 ♀♀s in coll. W.Speidel.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from N. nigristriata by the conspicuous subterminal line of the hindwing.

Derivation. from the subterminal markings of the hindwing.

Distribution. Papua New Guinea: Southern Highlands Pimaga; Western Highlands, Baiyer River;