Compsolechia terrenella
| Compsolechia terrenella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. terrenella |
| 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
- ^ "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
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