Nistra

Nistra coelatalis is a snout moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Sumbawa and Sulawesi.[2]

Nistra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Subfamily:
Spilomelinae
Genus:
Nistra
Species:
N. coelatalis
Binomial name
Nistra coelatalis
Walker, 1859[1]
Synonyms
  • Botys proximalis Walker, 1866

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.[3]: 488 

The only species in the genus Nistra, this species was formerly included in Agrotera.[4]

References
  1. Nuss, Matthias; Landry, Bernard; Mally, Richard; Vegliante, Francesca; Tränkner, Andreas; Bauer, Franziska; Hayden, James; Segerer, Andreas; Schouten, Rob; Li, Houhun; Trofimova, Tatiana; Solis, M. Alma; De Prins, Jurate; Speidel, Wolfgang (2003–2020). "Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ)". www.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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