Procometis spoliatrix
Procometis spoliatrix is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is found in southern India.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Autostichidae |
| Genus: | Procometis |
| Species: | P. spoliatrix |
| Binomial name | |
| Procometis spoliatrix (Meyrick, 1916) | |
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The wingspan is about 16 mm for males and 18 mm for females. The forewings are yellow ochreous with a small black dot on the base of the costa. The stigmata are black, the discal moderate, the plical minute, beneath the first discal. There is a curved pre-marginal series of minute indistinct fuscous dots. The hindwings in males are whitish ochreous tinged with grey, while they are light grey in females.
The larvae were observed forming a gallery in the nest of a social spider, presumably feeding on insect refuse in the web.[2]
References
- Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis spoliatrix (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (16): 509.
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