Nymphicula nokensis, 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 : 410

Nymphicula nokensis sp. n.

Description of adult (fig. 15). Wingspan 10mm. Head whitish; labial palpus terminal segment longer than second; second segment rough scaled beneath; antenna pale yellowish brown. Thorax whitish.

Forewing base fuscous; antemedian fascia white; median zone lightly scattered with brownish scales, strongly edged inwardly with a row of dark brown scales; first strigula white, weakly edged on inner side with fuscous; second strigula lower half leaden, edged fuscous on both sides; terminal area yellow; terminal line brownish; cilia with a row of fuscous scales; tornal spot large, silver grey.

Hindwing base brown; subbasal fascia ill-defined, white; antemedian fascia an irregular diffuse fuscous line; median zone reduced, scattered with a few dark brown scales; a dark brown spot on costa just beyond halfway; double submarginal line; five eye-spots more or less confluent, each with a small silver grey stud and a few ochreous scales towards termen.

Tympanal organs (fig. 41): Venulae secundae divergent, bent outwards at posterior end, venula media about half length of venulae secundae. Tympanum with rounded tapering lobes at anterior end.

Male genitalia (fig. 63): Abdomen with hair pencils one third its length. Valva with conspicuous hairs towards and at apex; length 5x width; gnathos half length of uncus. Aedeagus with cornutus a small weak hook.

Female genitalia: not known.

Material examined. Holotype ♂ Waigeu, New Guinea, BMNH Pyralidae slide No. 17636.

Diagnosis. Distinguished by its small size, confluent eye-spots and double submarginal line of the hindwing, produced to form further marks on costa.

Derivation. From the Peninsula Nok where the species was taken.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Irian Jaya, New Guinea.