Compsolechia terrenella
Appearance
Compsolechia terrenella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Compsolechia |
Species: | C. terrenella
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Binomial name | |
Compsolechia terrenella (Busck, 1914)
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Compsolechia terrenella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light reddish brown with a violet sheen and sparsely dusted with black atoms. The extreme base of the costa, a small spot on the middle of the costa, and another at the apical third are black and there are two ill-defined small black dots on the middle of the cell and a similar one at the end of the cell. The entire tip and terminal cilia are black, while the dorsal cilia is ochreous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 47 (2043): 10 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.