茶鬚野螟(Nosophora semitritalis)被歸屬於草螟科(Crambidae)斑野螟亞科(Spilomelinae)。本種的前翅為橙黃色底,臀角處有一大塊黑褐色區域,中室前端有兩個外包黑圈的白斑,下方的白斑較大,近翅基1/4與1/2處各有一條黑褐線,中室中央有一個黑褐點,前緣越靠翅基顏色越偏黑褐;後翅2/3為黑褐色,靠臀角處偏灰,翅基為黃色,中央有一個大白斑,近白斑有橘色斑紋。
A Brief Introduction:
Nosophora semitritalis represents one of the four Nosophora species recorded in Taiwan and doesn't share similar wing pattern with any species in Taiwan.