Biology:Nistra

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Short description: Species of moth

Nistra coelatalis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Tribe: Agroterini
Genus: Nistra
Walker, 1859
Species:
N. coelatalis
Binomial name
Nistra coelatalis
Synonyms
  • Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Agrotera proximalis (Walker, 1859)
  • Botys proximalis (Walker, 1859)

Nistra is a genus of snout moths in the family Crambidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Nistra coelatalis, which was formerly included in the genus Agrotera.[1]

Nistra coelatalis was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[2] It is found in Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa and Sulawesi.[3]

The wings are pale yellow with two brown lines. The forewings are partly brownish along the costa with a diffuse purplish tinge in the disc and metallic-purple at the base. The hindwings are metallic-purple at the tips and a metallic-purple patch on each side of the interior angle.[4]: 488 

References

  1. ↑ Chen, Kai; Horak, Marianne; Du, Xicui; Zhang, Dandan (2017-12-05). "Revision of the Australian species of Agrotera Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)". Zootaxa 4362 (2): 213–224. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2. PMID 29245425. 
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GlobIZ
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/agrotera/#coelatalis. Retrieved January 24, 2018. 
  4. ↑ Walker, Francis (1859). "Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fourth Series. Tribe 9. Pyralites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 17: 255–508. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/275/mode/1up.  Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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