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Procometis trochala

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Procometis trochala
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P. trochala
Binomial name
Procometis trochala
Meyrick, 1908

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

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. ^ A. N. Mosich; E. John Larsen. The CPA Examination: Text, Problems, and Solutions (2nd ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 617. ISBN 0-07-043435-2.