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Compsolechia secretella

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Compsolechia secretella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. secretella
Binomial name
Compsolechia secretella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia secretella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia plejadella Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Anacampsis cistulata Meyrick, 1914
  • Anacampsis trimolybda Meyrick, 1914

Compsolechia secretella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Guyana, Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with three blue-leaden fasciae, the first moderate and basal, the second and third broad, enclosing a triangular median costal blotch and confluent on the lower half, extending on the dorsum from one-fourth to near the tornus, sometimes partially whitish sprinkled. There is a similar hardly curved shade from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, white on the costa, almost confluent with the third fascia. A blue-leaden sometimes whitish-sprinkled streak is found along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia secretella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ^ Description of Anacampsis cistulata in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914: 258 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.