Nymphula nitidulata

Nymphula nitidulata, the beautiful china-mark, is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1767. It is found in Europe, Japan (Hokkaido), Turkey, Armenia, Russia (Ural, Siberia, Amur) and China.[2]

Nymphula nitidulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Nymphula
Species:
N. nitidulata
Binomial name
Nymphula nitidulata
(Hufnagel, 1767)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nymphula stagnata
  • Phalaena (Pyralis) potamogalis Hübner, 1793
  • Phalaena stagnata Donovan, 1806
  • Hydrocampa stagnalis Guenée, 1854

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. The moth flies from April to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on Sparganium and Nuphar lutea.

References
  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. Yoshiyasu, Y. 1985: A systematic study of the Nymphulinae and the Musotiminae of Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Scientific Reports of the Kyoto Prefectural University Agriculture, Kyoto 37: 1–162.


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