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.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Spilomelinae |
| Tribe: | Agroterini |
| Genus: | Nistra Walker, 1859 |
| Species: | N. coelatalis
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| Nistra coelatalis | |
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Nistra coelatalis was described by Francis Walker in 1859.[1] 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Agrotera coelatalis (Walker, 1859)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
- ^ 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.
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