Compsolechia melanophaea

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Compsolechia melanophaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:C. melanophaea
Binomial name
Compsolechia melanophaea
(Forbes, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis melanophaeaForbes, 1931

Compsolechia melanophaea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1931. It is found in Puerto Rico. [1]

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Compsolechia perlatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia secretella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Guyana, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia stelliferella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Guatemala, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia tardella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia transjectella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia versatella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia fasciella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia niobella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.

Compsolechia aequilibris is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Brazil.

Compsolechia ocelligera is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in Chile.

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia melanophaea (Forbes, 1931)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 11, 2018.