Compsolechia balia

Compsolechia balia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. balia
Binomial name
	Compsolechia balia; (Walsingham, 1910)
Synonyms
	Anacampsis balia Walsingham, 1910;

Compsolechia balia is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham, in 1910. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos).^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are leaden brownish, thickly and profusely sprinkled with pale cinereous scales leaving a very ill-defined and scarcely perceptible darker medio-costal spot, and a tornal shade diffused outward and upward, and a small spot above the middle of the termen. The hindwings are pale chocolate-brown.^[2]

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[2] Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 34 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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