Nidara croceina

Nidara croceina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Drepanidae
Genus:	Nidara
Species:	N. croceina
Binomial name
	Nidara croceina; Mabille, 1898

Nidara croceina is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Paul Mabille in 1898.[1] It is found on Madagascar.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 21 mm for males and 19 mm for females. Both wings are yellow with a large white spot and a trace of a second smaller white spot, both distal to the end of the cell. The hindwings are unmarked.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nidara croceina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Nidara croceina Mabille, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
"A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)".

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nidara croceina". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 26, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Nidara croceina Mabille, 1898". Afromoths. Retrieved July 24, 2020.

[3] "A revision of the Ethiopian Drepanidae (Lepidoptera)".