Compsolechia siderophaea

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

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

The wingspan is 11–15 mm. The forewings are greyish cinereous, profusely sprinkled throughout with whitish cinereous scales, leaving an ill-defined triangular umber-brown costal spot beyond the middle, with a shade of the same colour on the outer portion of the fold, and a straight umber-brown terminal band including the apex, preceded on the costa by an obscure pale ochreous spot. The hindwings are dark umber-brown.^[2]

References

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[2] Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 39 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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