Compsolechia refracta

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

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

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark brown with four very obscure violet-fuscous direct transverse fasciae, the first moderate and subbasal, the second broad and antemedian, the third very broad and postmedian and the fourth from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, sometimes slightly incurved, narrow and posteriorly suffused. There is a small obscure spot of ground colour in the third representing the second discal stigma. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia refracta (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 258. PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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