''Panacela nyctopa'' is a moth in the family Eupterotidae. It was described by

Alfred Jefferis Turner Alfred Jefferis Turner (3 October 1861, in Canton – 29 December 1947, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) was a pediatrician and noted amateur entomologist. He was the son of missionary Frederick Storrs-Turner. He introduced the use of dip ...

in 1922. It is found in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

, where it has been recorded from Queensland. The wingspan is about 34 mm for males and 40–44 mm for females. The forewings are fuscous brown, with a dark fuscous line from the mid-costa to the mid-dorsum. There a second parallel line from three-fourths of the costa to three-fourths of the dorsum. There is also a slender, faintly marked subterminal line. The hindwings have the same colour and lines as the forewings.''Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales'' 47: 359
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Moths described in 1922 Panacelinae {{Bombycoidea-stub