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Prostomeus

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Prostomeus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Tribe: Chelariini
Genus: Prostomeus
Busck, 1903
Species:
P. brunneus
Binomial name
Prostomeus brunneus
Busck, 1903

Prostomeus is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae.[1] It contains only one species, Prostomeus brunneus, which is found in Cuba[2] and the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and North Carolina.[3]

Description

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The wingspan is 15-15.5 mm. The forewings are light straw colored, overlaid with reddish brown and with the base dark purplish brown. There is a dark purplish brown oblong narrow patch along the middle of the costa from the basal fourth to the apical third. A larger similar patch is found on the dorsal edge, projecting up in the light middle part of the wing a boot-shaped figure, with the toe on the center of the cell, and the heel midway between this and a unicolorous circular spot at the end of the cell. The tornus is dark brown, and the apical veins are slightly indicated by darker brown streaks. There is a row of dark, purplish-brown dots around the apex at the base of the cilia. The hindwings are dark steel gray, lighter toward the base.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Prostomeus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Prostomeus at funet
  3. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  4. ^ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1304) : 838 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.