Procometis trochala

Procometis trochala is a moth of the family Autostichidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India (Bengal).[1]

Procometis trochala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Procometis
Species:
P. trochala
Binomial name
Procometis trochala
Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is about 21 mm for males and 35 mm for females. The forewings are brown, in males slightly, in females suffusedly sprinkled with dark fuscous, especially in the disc and towards the termen, the costa suffused with dark fuscous, except towards the base, more broadly in females. The discal stigmata are obscurely indicated by dark fuscous suffusion, the second tending to be transversely double. The hindwings are whitish-ochreous slightly tinged with fuscous posteriorly, with ochreous-yellowish costal hairpencil.[2]

The larvae feed on dry leaves of sugarcane.[3]

References
  1. Procometis at funet
  2. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 18 (3): 635
  3. David, B. Vasantharaj; Ananthakrishnan, T. N. (2004). General and Applied Entomology (2nd ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 617. ISBN 0-07-043435-2.


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