Promenesta solella

Promenesta solella
Scientific classification
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 Depressariidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).[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]

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