Nemophora polydaedala is a moth of the Adelidae family. It is found in Queensland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Adelidae |
| Genus: | Nemophora |
| Species: | N. polydaedala
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| Binomial name | |
| Nemophora polydaedala (Turner, 1913)
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Original description
editMale 13 mm. Head and palpi ochreous; frons brilliant bluish-metallic. Antennae fuscous, paler towards apex; basal joint iridescent. Thorax bronzy-metallic. [Abdomen broken] Legs fuscous, with metallic reflections; tarsi with whitish annulations. Forewings shining coppery-purple; a large triangular golden-yellow basal patch, containing a costal and a subdorsal short bluish-metallic longitudinal streaks, and between these two raised bronzy-metallic knobs; a fine blackish line edging basal patch; a golden-yellow transverse bar from 3/5 costa, reaching mid-disc, edged posteriorly by a blackish bar, and anteriorly by a narrow blackish suffusion, which extends to 3/4 dorsum, forming an incomplete fascia; cilia coppery-purple. Hindwings thinly scaled; fuscous, with slight purple reflections, cilia fuscous Type in Coll. Turner. Q. : Kuranda, near Cairns, in November; one specimen, received from Mr. F. P. Dodd.
— Original description by Turner
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