Promenesta solella

Promenesta solella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Promenesta
Species:	P. solella
Binomial name
	Promenesta solella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia solella Walker, 1864;

Promenesta solella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Adults are pale ochraceous, the forewings longitudinally and irregularly streaked with darker ochraceous and with a slight blackish streak extending from the base along one-fourth of the length of the disk. The hindwings are dark cinereous.[2]

References

Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.