Nothris verbascella, the Norfolk snout[2] or clay groundling,[citation needed] 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.[3] It had been considered extinct in Britain since 1971,[2] but was rediscovered in Norfolk on 4 September 2024.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Nothris |
| Species: | N. verbascella
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The wingspan is 17–21 mm.[5] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to early October.[6] The caterpillars feed on hoary mullein Verbascum pulverulentum and some other species of mullein.[2]
References
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- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b c "35.015 Norfolk Snout Nothris verbascella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)". British and Irish Moths. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Nothris Hübner, [1825]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "4 Sep 2024 Extinct no more!". James Lowen Wildlife. James Lowen. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
- ^ Microlepidoptera.nl
- ^ Lepidoptera of Belgium
- "Nothris lemniscellus (Zeller, 1839)". Insecta.pro. Retrieved December 11, 2017.