Nymphula Explained

Nymphula is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It was described by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1802. They have aquatic larvae.^[1]

Species

• Nymphula coenosalis (Snellen, 1895)
• Nymphula corculina (Butler, 1879)
• Nymphula definitalis Strand, 1919
• Nymphula depunctalis Guenee, 1854
• Nymphula distinctalis (Ragonot, 1894)
• Nymphula expatrialis Hampson, 1906
• Nymphula fuscomarginalis Bremer & Grey, 1853
• Nymphula grisealis Hampson, 1912
• Nymphula lipocosmalis (Snellen, 1901)
• Nymphula meropalis (Walker, 1859)
• Nymphula nitidulata (Hufnagel, 1767)  - beautiful china-mark
• Nymphula simplalis (Snellen, 1890)
• Nymphula terranea Rothschild, 1915

Former species

• Nymphula litanalis (Walker, 1859)
• Nymphula responsalis Walker, [1866]
• Nymphula sinicalis Hampson, 1897
• Nymphula votalis (Walker, 1859)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3223096?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents. Biology of Certain Aquatic Caterpillars (Pyralididae: Nymphula spp.) Which Feed on Potamogeton