Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Nothris | |
Nothris hastata is a moth in the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1918. It is found in north-eastern India.
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.
The larvae have been recorded feeding in dry sheets of bamboo. They are variable in size, colour and markings.
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