Compsoctena secundella

Compsoctena secundella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. secundella
Binomial name
	Compsoctena secundella; (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
	Eccompsoctena secundellaWalsingham, 1897;

Last updated June 01, 2023

Compsoctena secundella is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897.^[1] It is found in the Central African Republic and Sierra Leone.^[2]

The wingspan is about 22 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous, thickly mottled, speckled and suffused with umber-brown scales, the two colours alternating along the costa in unequal spaces throughout. There is a rather strong patch of umber-brown scales at the end of the disc, which appears to be the only point at which this colour is more concentrated than on the remainder of the wing-surface, although it somewhat prevails also towards the apex and tornus. The hindwings are purplish fuscous.^[3]

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References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena secundella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.
↑ Afro Moths
↑ Walsingham, Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1897(1): 61 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena secundella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Walsingham, Thomas de Grey 1897a. Western Equatorial African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Transactions of the entomological Society of London 1897(1): 61 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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