A preliminary study of the genus Nymphicula Snellen from Australia, New Guinea and the south Pacific (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Acentropinae)

DAVID AGASSIZ

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3774.5.1

Issue: Vol. 3774 No. 5: 10 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-10

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.5.1

Page range: 401–429

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**A preliminary study of the genus Nymphicula Snellen from Australia, New Guinea and the south Pacific (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Acentropinae)**

DAVID AGASSIZ⁺⁻

The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD.

Lepidoptera Acentropinae Nymphicula new species

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Abstract

The species of Nymphicula occurring in Australia and south Pacific islands are described and illustrated. 22 new species are described: N. adelphalis, N. christinae, N. conjunctalis, N. edwardsi, N. hampsoni, N. ochrepunctalis, N. torresalis, N. beni, N. irianalis, N. michaeli, N. monticola, N. nokensis, N. plumbilinealis, N. submarginalis, N. susannae, N. tariensis, N. xanthocostalis, N. fionae, N. insulalis, N. lactealis, N. lifuensis, N. cheesmanae. A replacement name is proposed for Cataclysta dialitha Tams: Nymphicula samoensis.