Biology:Nistra

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Short description: Species of moth

Nistra coelatalis
Nistra coelatalis-pranavcbose.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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. 
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  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.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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