A preliminary study of the genus Nymphicula Snellen from Australia, New Guinea and the south Pacific (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Acentropinae) Author Agassiz, David text Zootaxa 2014 3774 5 401 429 journal article 46265 10.11646/zootaxa.3774.5.1 95c81d13-feb2-408c-8052-5a9de926d3cf 1175-5326 230064 41806FD6-9D31-4CEF-8F26-3D1200BBA01E Nymphicula susannae sp. n. Description of imago (fig. 44). Wingspan 13 mm . Head pale fuscous; labial palpus terminal segment pale straw; second segment clothed with brown scales; antenna pale fuscous. Thorax pale fuscous mixed ochreous. Forewing base fuscous; antemedian fascia whitish suffused with yellow, outwardly edged fuscous; middle section of costa yellow mixed fuscous; median zone with dark fuscous scales most dense in middle; first strigula yellow on costa, inwardly edged fuscous; second strigula also inwardly edged fuscous, lower two-thirds leaden; terminal area yellow; tornal spot curved and pointed towards disc, shining leaden; terminal cilia with fuscous scales, a white wedge above tornus. Hindwing base white mixed fuscous; tornal spot silver grey followed by a yellow streak from dorsum; subbasal fascia brownish; antemedian fascia fuscous enclosing whitish lunule; median zone irregularly scattered dark brown scales; submarginal line strong, irregular; five distinct eye-spots, each with silver stud on inner side, yellow against termen, a large silver spot before first eye-spot. Legs straw, dark brown above on tibia and tarsi. Tympanal organs (fig. 44) Venulae diverging anteriorly with a small protrusion near the tympanal organs, venula media short. Male genitalia not known. Female genitalia (fig. 87) Corpus bursae only moderately long, like a long balloon, signa extending for three quarters of its length, at anterior end a strongly scobinate band, becoming weaker posteriorly. Material examined. Holotype ♀ in BMNH labelled Hydrographer Mts.| Brit. N. G. 2500ft . | Feb.Mar..1918 | (Eichhorn bros), BMNH Pyralidae slide No. 17512 Diagnosis. differs from torresalis in the weak subterminal line of the hindwing which is less straight than in torresalis . Derivation. after my daughter Susan who endured my studies. Distribution. Known only from the type locality.