Compsoctena spilophanes

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Compsoctena spilophanes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species:
C. spilophanes
Binomial name
Compsoctena spilophanes
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melasina spilophanes Meyrick, 1921

Compsoctena spilophanes is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat strigulated obscurely with dark fuscous irroration (speckles) and with ten to fifteen variable irregular shining white spots and blotches edged with dark fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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