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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Procometis
Species:
P. sphendonistis
Binomial name
Procometis sphendonistis
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Odites sphendonistis Meyrick, 1908

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
  1. Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis sphendonistis (Meyrick, 1908)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 18 (3): 634.


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