Compsolechia orthophracta
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. orthophracta
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia orthophracta (Meyrick, 1914)
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Compsolechia orthophracta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with four dark blue-leaden direct transverse fasciae, the first narrow and basal, sometimes connected with the second on the dorsum, the second at one-third is broad, the third postmedian and broad, the fourth from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus is narrow. There is a slender blue-leaden streak along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia orthophracta (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 257.
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