Nothris verbascella

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| image = Nothris verbascella (Nothris des molènes).jpg

| image_caption = Nothris verbascella in southeast France

| taxon = Nothris verbascella

| authority = (Denis & Schiffermüller, [1775])[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032333/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437845 Fauna Europaea]

| synonyms =

• Tinea verbascella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
• Nothris discretella Rebel, 1889
• Nothris verbascella clarella Amsel, 1935

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Nothris verbascella, the Norfolk snout{{cite web |title=35.015 Norfolk Snout Nothris verbascella ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |url=https://www.britishandirishmoths.co.uk/accounts/35.015_nothris_verbascella.htm |website=British and Irish Moths |access-date=5 September 2024}} or clay groundling,{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} 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.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/gelechiidae/anacampsinae/nothris/ |title=Nothris Hübner, [1825] |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=December 11, 2017}} It had been considered extinct in Britain since 1971, but was rediscovered in Norfolk on 4 September 2024.{{cite web |title=4 Sep 2024 Extinct no more! |url=https://www.jameslowen.com/blog-4-sep-2024-not-extinct-.html |website=James Lowen Wildlife |publisher=James Lowen |access-date=5 September 2024}}

The wingspan is 17–21 mm.[http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=331090&p=1 Microlepidoptera.nl] There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to early October.[http://webh01.ua.ac.be/vve/Checklists/Lepidoptera/Gelechiidae/Nverbascella.htm Lepidoptera of Belgium] The caterpillars feed on hoary mullein Verbascum pulverulentum and some other species of mullein.