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Noordodes magnificalis

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Noordodes magnificalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Noordodes
Species:
N. magnificalis
Binomial name
Noordodes magnificalis
(Rothschild, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Noorda magnificalis Rothschild, 1916

Noordodes magnificalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1916. It is found in Indonesia, where it has been recorded in Irian Jaya.[1]

The wingspan is 23–28 mm. The forewings are canary yellow, the coastal area and final margin broadly steel purple. There is a steel purple median blotch from below the cell to the inner margin. The hindwings are buff, but the basal part of the lower half is canary yellow with two broad streaks and a narrow terminal edge of steel purple.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ Lepidoptera of the British ornithologists' union and Wollaston expeditions in the Snow Mountains, southern Dutch New Guinea Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.