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]

Nothris hastata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Harpagidia hastata Meyrick, 1918

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]


References

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  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.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.