Nymphicula susannae, 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 : 412

Nymphicula susannae sp. n.

Description of imago (fig. 44). Wingspan 13 mm. Head pale fuscous; labial palpus terminal segment pale straw; second segment clothed with brown scales; antenna pale fuscous. Thorax pale fuscous mixed ochreous.

Forewing base fuscous; antemedian fascia whitish suffused with yellow, outwardly edged fuscous; middle section of costa yellow mixed fuscous; median zone with dark fuscous scales most dense in middle; first strigula yellow on costa, inwardly edged fuscous; second strigula also inwardly edged fuscous, lower two-thirds leaden; terminal area yellow; tornal spot curved and pointed towards disc, shining leaden; terminal cilia with fuscous scales, a white wedge above tornus.

Hindwing base white mixed fuscous; tornal spot silver grey followed by a yellow streak from dorsum; subbasal fascia brownish; antemedian fascia fuscous enclosing whitish lunule; median zone irregularly scattered dark brown scales; submarginal line strong, irregular; five distinct eye-spots, each with silver stud on inner side, yellow against termen, a large silver spot before first eye-spot. Legs straw, dark brown above on tibia and tarsi.

Tympanal organs (fig. 44) Venulae diverging anteriorly with a small protrusion near the tympanal organs, venula media short.

Male genitalia not known.

Female genitalia (fig. 87) Corpus bursae only moderately long, like a long balloon, signa extending for three quarters of its length, at anterior end a strongly scobinate band, becoming weaker posteriorly.

Material examined. Holotype ♀ in BMNH labelled Hydrographer Mts.| Brit. N. G. 2500ft. | Feb.Mar..1918 | (Eichhorn bros), BMNH Pyralidae slide No. 17512

Diagnosis. differs from torresalis in the weak subterminal line of the hindwing which is less straight than in torresalis .

Derivation. after my daughter Susan who endured my studies.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.