Nordstromia Guenterriedeli
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''Nordstromia guenterriedeli'' is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Ulf Buchsbaum in 2010. It is found on
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
. The wingspan is 23–27 mm. The ground colour of the wings and body is milk cafe brown. There are black dots at the inner angle and the transverse lines are dark brown and clear. There are three transverse lines from the abdominal margin to the middle of the hindwings.


Etymology

The species is named for Günter Riedel of the
Zoologische Staatssammlung München The Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (german: Zoologische Staatssammlung München) or ZSM is a major German research institution for zoological systematics in Munich. It has over 20 million zoological specimens. It is one of the largest na ...
., 2010: ''Nordstromia guenterriedeli'' sp. n. from Sumatra (Indonesia) (Lepidoptera: Drepanidae). ''Entomofauna'' 0031: 57-68.


References

Moths described in 2010 Drepaninae {{Drepaninae-stub