''Procometis terrena'' is a

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of the family Autostichidae. It is endemic to

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and

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. The

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is about 37 mm. The forewings are rather dark ashy-fuscous, lighter posteriorly. There is a broad ochreous-brown median stripe from the base, becoming suffused and obsolete beyond the middle, edged above by groups of scattered black scales beyond one-fourth and about the middle, and followed by two minute black dots transversely placed at two-thirds. The hindwings are light fuscous.Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 : 731

References

Procometis Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Moths described in 1908 {{autostichinae-stub