Nagiella inferior

Nagiella inferior
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Nagiella
Species:
N. inferior
Binomial name
Nagiella inferior
(Hampson, 1899)
Synonyms
List
  • Botys quadrimaculalis Motschulsky, 1861
  • Syllepte inferior Hampson, 1899
  • Sylepta inferior
  • Pleuroptya inferior
  • Patania inferior

Nagiella inferior is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1899.:724

It is found in India, the Kuriles, China (Liaoning, Gansu, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian), Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

In the past, the species was placed in the genus Pleuroptya (now a synonym of Patania), of which Nagiella was long considered a synonym. The name inferior is a replacement name for Botys quadrimaculalis Motschultsky, 1861, which is a secondary homonym of the previously published name Scopula quadrimaculalis Kollar & Redtenbach, 1844.:724