Nossa nelcinna

Nossa nelcinna is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1875.^[1] It is found in the north-western Himalayas^[2] and China.

Nossa nelcinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epicopeiidae
Genus:	Nossa
Species:	N. nelcinna
Binomial name
Nossa nelcinna (Moore, [1875])
Synonyms
Atossa nelcinna Moore, [1875] Atossa nelcymna var. chinensis Leech, 1890

The wingspan is about 69 mm for males and 75 mm for females. Adults are greenish fuliginous (sooty) with black veins and a black longitudinal streak in the cell on the forewings. The spaces between the veins from the base to the disc of the forewings are greenish yellowish white and there is a transverse discal row of yellowish-white lunules, as well as a marginal row of small spots. The hindwings have yellowish-white spaces between the veins at the base. There is a discal transverse row of conical spots and a marginal row of quadrate spots.^[3]