Compsolechia terrenella

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

Compsolechia terrenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama. [1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light reddish brown with a violet sheen and sparsely dusted with black atoms. The extreme base of the costa, a small spot on the middle of the costa, and another at the apical third are black and there are two ill-defined small black dots on the middle of the cell and a similar one at the end of the cell. The entire tip and terminal cilia are black, while the dorsal cilia is ochreous. The hindwings are dark fuscous. [2]

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References

  1. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  2. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 10 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .