Nothris mesophracta

Nothris mesophracta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Nothris
Species:	N. mesophracta
Binomial name
	Nothris mesophracta; Turner, 1919
Synonyms
	Mesophleps mesophracta; Xerometra mesophracta;

”Nothris” mesophracta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It is found in Australia (Victoria, Tasmania).^[1]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are whitish with a few fuscous scales mostly on the veins and a broad median dark-fuscous streak from the base to the apex, and prolonged through the cilia. The hindwings are whitish-grey.^[2]

Taxonomy[]

The species was previously placed in Xerometra, now a synonym of Mesophleps, but research concluded it does not belong in this genus, nor the subfamily Anacampsinae. It is thought to belong to the subfamily Anomologinae, but it has not been placed in a genus yet.

References[]

^ Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.
^ Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 166

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[1] Li, H.-h. & K. Sattler, 2012: A taxonomic revision of the genus Mesophleps Hübner, 1825 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Zootaxa 3373: 1-82.

[2] Proc. R. Soc. Qd 31 (10) : 166

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