Procometis milvina

Procometis milvina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Autostichidae
Genus:	Procometis
Species:	P. milvina
Binomial name
	Procometis milvina; Meyrick, 1914

Procometis milvina is a moth in the family Autostichidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa.[1][2]

The wingspan is 38–44 mm. The forewings are light greyish ochreous, with a faint pinkish tinge, the costal area slightly darker and the costal edge white except towards the extremities. The discal stigmata are minute, fuscous, placed on a very undefined median-longitudinal streak of whitish suffusion. The hindwings are pale greyish, suffused with whitish towards the base.[3]

References

Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis milvina Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Procometis milvina Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 199 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Savela, Markku, ed. (14 December 2013). "Procometis milvina Meyrick, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Procometis milvina Meyrick, 1914". Afromoths. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 1914). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera: V". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 4 (4): 199 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.