Nordstromia Angula
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''Nordstromia angula'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Drepanidae The Drepanidae are a family of moths with about 660 species described worldwide. They are generally divided in three subfamilies) which share the same type of hearing organ. Thyatirinae, previously often placed in their own family, bear a super ...
. It was described by Hong-Fu Chu and Lin-Yao Wang in 1988. It is found in
Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
, China. Adults resemble '' Nordstromia fusca'', but can be distinguished by the greyish-brown body and wing colour with faint markings. The outer area of the forewings is convex and angulate., 1988: On the Chinese Drepaninae (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae) genus ''Nordstroemia'' Bryk, 1943. ''Acta Entomologica Sinica'' 31 (3): 309-317.


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Moths described in 1988 Drepaninae Moths of Asia {{Drepaninae-stub