Compsolechia scopulata
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Compsolechia |
Species: | C. scopulata
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Binomial name | |
Compsolechia scopulata (Meyrick, 1914)
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Compsolechia scopulata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are pale greyish ochreous suffusedly mixed with grey and white, the costa suffused with white anteriorly. There is a large dark grey blotch extending along the dorsum from the base to two-thirds and reaching two-thirds across the wing, its edge irregularly projecting and margined with white, rounded off posteriorly. There is an oblique white strigula from the costa at two-thirds, followed by a triangular dark grey patch. Beyond this is a white costal spot, edged beneath by a black mark, from which a slightly curved narrow silvery-whitish-grey pre-marginal fascia runs to the tornus, cut by two black dashes towards the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous, becoming blackish posteriorly.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia scopulata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 260. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.