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{{Short description|Species of moth}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = ''Nistra coelatalis''
| image = Nistra coelatalis-pranavcbose.jpg
| display_parents = 3
| parent_authority = Walker, 1859
| taxon = Nistra coelatalis
| authority = [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Walker]], 1859<ref name=GlobIZ>{{cite web |website=www.pyraloidea.org |url=http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fPages%2fReports%2fTaxonomyReport.aspx%3fAspxAutoDetectCookieSupport%3d1&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1 |title=Global Information System on Pyraloidea (GlobIZ) |last1=Nuss |first1=Matthias |last2=Landry |first2=Bernard |last3=Mally |first3=Richard |last4=Vegliante |first4=Francesca |last5=Tränkner |first5=Andreas |last6=Bauer |first6=Franziska |last7=Hayden |first7=James |last8=Segerer |first8=Andreas |last9=Schouten |first9=Rob |last10=Li |first10=Houhun |last11=Trofimova |first11=Tatiana |last12=Solis |first12=M. Alma |author12-link=Maria Alma Solis |last13=De Prins |first13=Jurate |last14=Speidel |first14=Wolfgang |date=2003–2020 |access-date=2020-05-06 |language=en}}</ref>
| synonyms =
*''Agrotera coelatalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
*''Agrotera proximalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
*''Botys proximalis'' <small>(Walker, 1859)</small>
}}
'''''Nistra ''''' is a genus of [[Pyraloidea|snout moth]]s in the family [[Crambidae]]. It is [[monotypic]], being represented by the single species '''''Nistra coelatalis''''', which was formerly included in the genus ''[[Agrotera (moth)|Agrotera]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4362.2.2|doi-access=free
|title=Revision of the Australian species of ''Agrotera'' Schrank (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)
|volume=4362|number=2|date=2017-12-05|journal=Zootaxa
|first1=Kai|last1=Chen
|first2=Marianne|last2=Horak
|first3=Xicui|last3=Du
|first4=Dandan|last4=Zhang
|pages=213–224
|pmid=29245425
}}</ref>
''Nistra coelatalis'' was described by [[Francis Walker (entomologist)|Francis Walker]] in 1859.<ref name=GlobIZ/> It is found in Sri Lanka, [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]], [[Sumbawa]] and [[Sulawesi]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/agrotera/#coelatalis |title=''Agrotera coelatalis'' (Walker, 1859) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 24, 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Walker |first=Francis |author-link=Francis Walker (entomologist) |date=1859 |title=Catalogue of Lepidoptera Heterocera. Fourth Series. Tribe 9. Pyralites |journal=List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum |volume=17 |pages=255–508 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/120189#page/275/mode/1up }} {{PD-notice}}</ref>{{rp|488}}
==References==
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[[Category:Moths described in 1859]]
[[Category:Spilomelinae]]
[[Category:Moths of Asia]]
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