Compsolechia transjectella
| Compsolechia transjectella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. transjectella |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia transjectella (Walker, 1864) | |
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Compsolechia transjectella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
Adults are blackish, the forewings with minute cinereous (ash-gray) speckles and a few slight cinereous streaklets, as well as a transverse denticulated cinereous line at four-fifths of the length. The submarginal points are deep black, marked with white. There is a ferruginous marginal line and the costa is oblique towards the tip. The hindwings are dark brown.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia transjectella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 598
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