Compsoctena furciformis

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

Compsoctena furciformis 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 21-22 mm. The forewings are whitish-fuscous, reticulated with brown sprinkled with blackish. The markings are brown irregularly sprinkled or irrorated with black, especially on the veins. There is a moderate ill-defined basal fascia and a moderate fascia from two-fifths of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the anterior edge almost straight and the posterior edge obtusely angulated below the middle. There is a moderate fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, narrowed near the lower extremity, with a rather excurved narrower branch running from its middle to the costa before the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

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