Compsolechia trochilea

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Compsolechia trochilea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. trochilea
Binomial name
Compsolechia trochilea
(Walsingham, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis trochileaWalsingham, 1910

Compsolechia trochilea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1910. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco). [1]

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are dark brownish fuscous, with a broad outwardly curved blue-green metallic band near the base, a slightly oblique stone-grey fascia across the middle, somewhat produced inwards on the dorsum, a triangular costal spot of the same colour between this and the metallic band, the termen, apex and cilia also stone-grey. The hindwings are brownish fuscous, with a dark fuscous spot at the flexus. [2]

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References

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  2. Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 41 PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .