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; Harpagidia hastata Meyrick, 1918;

Nothris hastata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. 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]

References

^ 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.
^ Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia; Far East. Ent. 50 : 1-67
^ Exotic Microlep. 2: 152
^ Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 196

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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] Catalogue of the Subfamily Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae) of the Asia; Far East. Ent. 50 : 1-67

[3] Exotic Microlep. 2: 152

[4] Exotic Microlep. 4 (7): 196

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