Nothris verbascella

Nothris verbascella, the clay groundling, is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in almost all of Europe, Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, the Near East and the Russian Far East.[2]

Nothris verbascella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Nothris
Species:
N. verbascella
Binomial name
Nothris verbascella
Synonyms
  • Tinea verbascella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Nothris discretella Rebel, 1889
  • Nothris verbascella clarella Amsel, 1935

The wingspan is 17–21 mm.[3] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to early October.[4]

References
  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Savela, Markku. "Nothris Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  3. Microlepidoptera.nl
  4. Lepidoptera of Belgium
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