Nippoptilia rutteni
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Nippoptilia rutteni is a species of moth
in the genus Nippoptilia
, known from New Guinea
. Moths in this species have a wingspan of approximately 13 millimetres. The specific name "rutteni" refers to microlepidopterist Dr. A.L.M. Rutten.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the genus Nippoptilia
Nippoptilia
Nippoptilia is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family.-Species:*Nippoptilia cinctipedalis *Nippoptilia distigmata S. Kim & B.K...
, known from New Guinea
New Guinea
New Guinea is the world's second largest island, after Greenland, covering a land area of 786,000 km2. Located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, it lies geographically to the east of the Malay Archipelago, with which it is sometimes included as part of a greater Indo-Australian Archipelago...
. Moths in this species have a wingspan of approximately 13 millimetres. The specific name "rutteni" refers to microlepidopterist Dr. A.L.M. Rutten.