Nosphidia
Appearance
Nosphidia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: | Nosphidia Diakonoff, 1982 |
Species: | N. paradoxa
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Binomial name | |
Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982
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Nosphidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Carposinidae.[1] It contains the single species Nosphidia paradoxa, which is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and the species were first described in 1982, by Alexey Diakonoff, a Russian–Dutch entomologist who specialised in Microlepidoptera.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Species Details: Nosphidia paradoxa Diakonoff, 1982". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nosphidia paradoxa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.