Procometis melanthes

Species of moth

Procometis melanthes

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Autostichidae
Genus:  | Procometis
Species:  |

P. melanthes

Binomial name
Procometis melanthes

Turner, 1898

Procometis melanthes is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Turner in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is about 30 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous irrorated with whitish scales. The absence of these leaves the following markings: a short longitudinal line from the base, an indistinctly double spot in the disc before the middle, placed obliquely, a closely similar spot in the disc beyond the middle, a blackish area at the apex sharply bounded internally, sharply bent inwards in the disc to form a sharp process, then outwardly curved to the anal angle. The hindwings are fuscous, paler towards the base.[2]

## References[edit]

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2. ^ Ann. Qd. Mus. 4 : 29 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q14168803
* AFD: Procometis_melanthes
* BioLib: 1099665
* EoL: 945843
* GBIF: 1837781
* IRMNG: 11004543
* LepIndex: 115231

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