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Compsolechia superfusella

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Compsolechia superfusella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. superfusella
Binomial name
Compsolechia superfusella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia superfusella Walker, 1864

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

Adults are fawn coloured, the forewings with a black stripe, which occupies half the breadth from the costa and more than half the length from the base, and is contiguous to two elongated white points in the disc. There is a curved submarginal white line composed of an oblique streak, which joins the costa, and of a few short longitudinal streaks, accompanied by two black points and by a glaucous (green with bluish grey) tinge. The marginal line is brown. The hindwings are dark cupreous brown.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia superfusella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 600 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.