Promenesta solella

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Promenesta solella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Promenesta
Species:
P. solella
Binomial name
Promenesta solella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia solella Walker, 1864

Promenesta solella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Adults are pale ochraceous, the forewings longitudinally and irregularly streaked with darker ochraceous and with a slight blackish streak extending from the base along one-fourth of the length of the disk. The hindwings are dark cinereous.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Promenesta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 626 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.