Nothris hastata

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Nothris hastata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
N. hastata
Binomial name
Nothris hastata
(Meyrick, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Dichomeris hastata Meyrick, 1918
  • Harpagidia hastata Meyrick, 1918

Nothris hastata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918.[1] It is found in north-eastern India.[2]

The wingspan is 13–20 mm. The forewings are fuscous, the veins marked by faint pale lines and with blackish marks on the base of the costa and dorsum. There is a strong black central streak from the base to the end of cell, the lower edge with a short linear tooth on the fold, the extremity prolonged as a slender acute streak to near the apex. The hindwings are grey.[3]

The larvae have been recorded feeding in dry sheets of bamboo. They are variable in size, colour and markings.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Harpagidia hastata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Ponomarenko, M. G. (October–November 1997). "Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 50: 1–67. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2013.
  3. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1916–1923). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2: 152.
  4. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 4 (7): 196.


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