Procometis sphendonistis
Procometis sphendonistis is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in Sri Lanka.[1]
| Procometis sphendonistis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Procometis |
| Species: | P. sphendonistis |
| Binomial name | |
| Procometis sphendonistis (Meyrick, 1908) | |
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous suffusedly irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous and with a blackish basal dot in the middle, and one on the base of the costa. The stigmata are rather large, black, the plical slightly beyond the first discal. There is a row of blackish dots along the posterior part of the costa and termen to before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis sphendonistis (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 634.
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