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Compsoctena fossoria

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Compsoctena fossoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species:
C. fossoria
Binomial name
Compsoctena fossoria
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Melasina fossoria Meyrick, 1920

Compsoctena fossoria is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are grey, much suffused with whitish. There is a basal fascia of dark fuscous suffused irroration (sprinkling), continued as a broad streak along the costa to two-fifths, thence rather obliquely across the wing to near the dorsum, again angulated and continued to near the costa at four-fifths, with a branch to the tornus. A similar spot is found on the costa beyond the middle, and three or four small spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are light fuscous grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena fossoria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (1920). "Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 310. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.