Compsoctena barbarella

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Compsoctena barbarella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species:
C. barbarella
Binomial name
Compsoctena barbarella
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Alavona barbarellaWalker, 1856

Compsoctena barbarella is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in India. [1]

Adults are cinereous (ash-gray) fawn, the forewings with two oblique very incomplete and much interrupted bands formed by the speckles. The hindwings are cinereous. [2]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena barbarella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Walker, F. 1863. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 515 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .