Compsolechia monochromella

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Compsolechia monochromella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. monochromella
Binomial name
Compsolechia monochromella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia monochromellaWalker, 1864
  • Gelechia displicitellaWalker, 1864

Compsolechia monochromella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas in Brazil and in Peru. [1]

Adults are cinereous (ash gray) brown, more cinereous and tinged with aeneous (bronze) beneath and the forewings with very indistinct darker speckles and three indistinct blackish marks in a line near the costa. The space towards the exterior border is rather paler and the marginal points are blackish and very minute. The hindwings have a cupreous tinge, a little darker than the forewings. [2]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia monochromella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 607 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .