Nossa nelcinna
Nossa nelcinna | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epicopeiidae |
Genus: | Nossa |
Species: | N. nelcinna |
Binomial name | |
Nossa nelcinna (Moore, [1875]) | |
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Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the Epicopeiidae family.[1] It is found in the north-western Himalayas[2] and China.
The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous with black veins and a black longitudinal streak in the cell on the forewings. The spaces between the veins from the base to the disc of the forewings are greenish yellowish white and there is a transverse discal row of yellowish-white lunules, as well as a marginal row of small spots. The hindwings have yellowish white spaces between the veins at the base. There is a discal transverse row of conical spots and a marginal row of quadrate spots.[3]
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