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| taxon = Procometis melanthes
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| authority = [[Alfred Jefferis Turner|Turner]], 1898
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
| familia = [[Autostichidae]]
| genus = ''[[Procometis]]''
| species = '''''P. melanthes'''''
| binomial = ''Procometis melanthes''
| binomial_authority = [[Alfred Jefferis Turner|Turner]], 1898
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'''''Procometis melanthes''''' is a [[moth]] in the family [[Autostichidae]]. It was described by [[Alfred Jefferis Turner|Turner]] in 1898. It is found in [[Australia]], where it has been recorded from [[Queensland]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/autostichidae/autostichinae/procometis/ funet]</ref>
'''''Procometis melanthes''''' is a [[moth]] in the family [[Autostichidae]]. It was described by [[Alfred Jefferis Turner|Turner]] in 1898. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from [[Queensland]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/autostichidae/autostichinae/procometis/ funet]</ref>


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.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/annalsofqu11018911911quee/annalsofqu11018911911quee_djvu.txt Ann. Qd. Mus. 4 : 29]</ref>
The [[wingspan]] is about 30&nbsp;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.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/annalsofqu11018911911quee/annalsofqu11018911911quee_djvu.txt Ann. Qd. Mus. 4 : 29] {{PD-notice}}</ref>


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[[Category:Moths described in 1898]]
[[Category:Moths described in 1898]]

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Procometis melanthes
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

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