| Nemophora panaeola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Nemophora |
| Species: | N. panaeola |
| Binomial name | |
| Nemophora panaeola (Turner, 1913) | |
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Nemophora panaeola is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Queensland.
Original Description
Male 12-13 mm. Head shining fuscous-purple; frons brilliantly metallic bluish or greenish. Palpi fuscous. Antennae fuscous, towards apex paler; basal joint coppery-purple. Thorax coppery-purple. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings brilliant purple intermixed with fiery gold and deep blue scales; a broad triangular sub-basal dorsal yellow blotch reaching 2/3 across wing; opposite its apex is a small yellow costal spot at 1/5; a narrow median yellow transverse fascia with longitudinal fuscous striations; cilia fuscous-purple. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous; cilia fuscous. Type in Coll. Turner. N.Q. : Kuranda, near Cairns, in December. -Q.: Killarney, in October. Two specimens.
— Original description by Turner
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| Nemophora panaeola | |
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