Compsolechia mangelivora

Compsolechia mangelivora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. mangelivora
Binomial name
	Compsolechia mangelivora; (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
	Anacampsis mangelivora Walsingham, 1897;

Compsolechia mangelivora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Thomas^[1] and Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, with profuse hoary speckling and a dark fuscous elongate spot on the costa before the middle, which is preceded and followed by some hoary whitish scaling, of which there is also a slight patch at the commencement of the costal cilia. The hindwings are brownish grey.

The larvae feed on Rhizophora mangel.^[2]

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