Compsoctena delocrossa

Compsoctena delocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species: C. delocrossa
Binomial name
Compsoctena delocrossa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melasina delocrossa Meyrick, 1921

Compsoctena delocrossa is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are grey, with the tips of the scales dark fuscous and with irregular indistinct dark fuscous transverse striae, in the cell more broken into dots. The area of the cell and median area of the costa is somewhat suffused with darker but undefined. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2); p. 136
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