Compsolechia cassidata
| Compsolechia cassidata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. cassidata |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia cassidata (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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Compsolechia cassidata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark violet-leaden-grey with the base slenderly dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous transverse streak at one-sixth and a suffused dark fuscous streak from the fold at two-fifths of the wing slightly upcurved to the costa beyond the middle. A suffused dark fuscous streak is found from the disc beyond the middle to the costa just above the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
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