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]

Procometis spoliatrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Procometis
Species:
P. spoliatrix
Binomial name
Procometis spoliatrix
(Meyrick, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Odites spoliatrix Meyrick, 1916

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

  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis spoliatrix (Meyrick, 1916)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1912–1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. 1 (16): 509. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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