Procometis diplocentra

Procometis diplocentra is a moth of the family Autostichidae that is found in Queensland,[1] the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria.[2]

Procometis diplocentra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Autostichidae
Genus:
Procometis
Species:
P. diplocentra
Binomial name
Procometis diplocentra
Meyrick, 1890
Synonyms
  • Procometis tetraspora Lower, 1903

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are ashy-whitish, densely irrorated with dark fuscous, and with scattered black scales. There are two cruciform small dark fuscous spots, transversely placed and confluent, in the disc before the middle, and a third, somewhat larger, in the disc at two-thirds. There is a series of short obscure darker marks before the hindmargin. The hindwings are fuscous-grey.[3]

References
  1. A. N. Mosich; E. John Larsen (1899). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Incorporated. Vol. 23–26. Royal Society of South Australia. p. 200.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory
  3. Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 13 : 73



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