Nemophora selasphora

Nemophora selasphora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Adelidae
Genus:	Nemophora
Species:	N. selasphora
Binomial name
*Nemophora selasphora* (Turner, 1913)
Synonyms
Nomotois selasphora Turner, 1913

Nemophora selasphora is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Queensland.

Original Description

“	Male 12-13 mm. Head fuscous; frons brilliant bluish-metallic. Palpi moderately long; fuscous. Antennae fuscous; basal joint iridescent. Thorax bronzy-metallic. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs fuscous, with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings brilliant purple or golden according to incidence of light; a blackish subcostal streak from base to 1/4; a pear-shaped transverse yellowish fascia with longitudinal striations, from costa beyond middle, broadening in costal portion of disc, then tapering to a point on dorsum before tornus; cilia gleaming with purple and gold. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous, with purple iridescence; cilia fuscous. Type in Coll. Turner. Q. : Mount Tambourine, in November; five specimens.	”
	— Original description by Turner

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