Procometis stenarga

Procometis stenarga is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Procometis stenarga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Autostichidae
Genus: Procometis
Species:
P. stenarga
Binomial name
Procometis stenarga
Turner, 1902

The wingspan is 22–25 millimetres (0.87–0.98 in) and adults are black coloured. Males have ochreous coloured segments of the apices and abdomen. The abdomen of the females, as well as the cilia, and hindwings are grey coloured. Both sexes have rounded hindmargins, as well as a rounded apex. The forewings are elongated and the legs are both dark and white. The middle of the rib is almost white coloured.[2]

References

  1. Australian Faunal Directory
  2. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Incorporated. Vol. 26–28. Royal Society of South Australia. 1902. pp. 199–200. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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