Compsolechia mangelivora

Compsolechia mangelivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species: C. mangelivora
Binomial name
Compsolechia mangelivora
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis mangelivora Walsingham, 1897

Compsolechia mangelivora is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Thomas[1] and Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, with profuse hoary speckling and a dark fuscous elongate spot on the costa before the middle, which is preceded and followed by some hoary whitish scaling, of which there is also a slight patch at the commencement of the costal cilia. The hindwings are brownish grey.

The larvae feed on Rhizophora mangel.[2]

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