Nothris hastata
| Nothris hastata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Nothris |
| Species: | N. hastata |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothris hastata (Meyrick, 1918) | |
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Nothris hastata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by 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]
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