Compsoctena fossoria
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| Compsoctena fossoria | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocottidae |
| Genus: | Compsoctena |
| Species: | C. fossoria
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)
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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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