Compsolechia chrysoplaca
| Compsolechia chrysoplaca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. chrysoplaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia chrysoplaca (Meyrick, 1912) | |
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Compsolechia chrysoplaca is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Venezuela.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with ochreous whitish and with a round orange apical patch with a projection along the termen, edged with blackish except on a small whitish spot on the costa, and enclosing an elongate golden-metallic spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia chrysoplaca (Meyrick, 1912)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ↑ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1911 (4): 694.
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