Promenesta solella

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

Promenesta solella
Scientific classification
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

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
  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


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