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Compsolechia salebrosa

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Compsolechia salebrosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. salebrosa
Binomial name
Compsolechia salebrosa
Meyrick, 1918

Compsolechia salebrosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found on the Galápagos Islands and in Colombia and Guyana.[1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). The forewings are whitish, more or less sprinkled or irrorated with grey, especially on the dorsal two-thirds. The costal edge is blackish anteriorly, with a fine oblique black strigula at one-fourth, and an elongate black spot in the middle. There are indistinct dark fuscous dots obliquely placed above and below the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata are indistinct and dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is sometimes some irregular light brownish suffusion in the disc and a transverse white line is found from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, angularly indented outwards in the middle, edged on the costa on both sides with small blackish spots, and preceded by a slender light brownish fascia. There is a light brownish line around the posterior part of the costa and termen, marked with black on the termen. The hindwings are grey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia salebrosa Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 140. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.