''Nymphicula albibasalis'' 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

Crambidae The Crambidae are the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies includ ...

. It was described by Yoshiyasu in 1980. It is found in

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

(Kyushu, Shikoku). The length of the forewings is 5.5 mm for males and 5.3-6.3 mm for females. The forewings are pale orange, but fuscous from the base to the white antemedial band. The basal third of the hindwings is white. The intermediate area is fuscous, with a dark silvery grey tornal marking tinged with a small orange speckle.A Systematic Study of the Genus Nymphicula SNELLEN from Japan (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
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Nymphicula Moths described in 1980 {{Nymphicula-stub