Compsolechia dicax

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Compsolechia dicax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. dicax
Binomial name
Compsolechia dicax
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis dicaxMeyrick, 1914

Compsolechia dicax is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Peru. [1]

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are light brownish with black subbasal dots on the costa and in the middle, as well as a flattened-triangular black blotch on the middle of the costa, reaching one-third of the way across the wing. The stigmata are hardly indicated. There is a small cloudy fuscous spot on the costa at three-fourths and a row of almost marginal dark fuscous dots around the posterior part of the costa and termen, as well as a row of fuscous marginal dots between these. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia dicax (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 266. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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