Nycteropa

Nycteropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oenosandridae
Genus: Nycteropa
Turner, 1941
Species: N. subovalis
Binomial name
Nycteropa subovalis
Turner, 1941
Synonyms
  • Oxymetopa phaeogramma Turner, 1943

Nycteropa subovalis is a moth of the Oenosandridae family and only member of the Nycteropa genus.

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The wings are grey. The forewings are darker and have a number of submarginal dark sinuous parallel lines.

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/27/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.