Nothris hastata

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

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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