Compsolechia trochilea

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

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

The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are dark brownish fuscous, with a broad outwardly curved blue-green metallic band near the base, a slightly oblique stone-grey fascia across the middle, somewhat produced inwards on the dorsum, a triangular costal spot of the same colour between this and the metallic band, the termen, apex and cilia also stone-grey. The hindwings are brownish fuscous, with a dark fuscous spot at the flexus.^[2]

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[2] Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 41 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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