Nothris verbascella

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]

Nothris verbascella
Nothris verbascella in southeast France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Nothris
Species:	N. verbascella
Binomial name
Nothris verbascella (Denis & Schiffermüller, [1775])[1]
Synonyms
Tinea verbascella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Nothris discretella Rebel, 1889 Nothris verbascella clarella Amsel, 1935

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]