Compsolechia versatella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Compsolechia |
Species: | C. versatella
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Binomial name | |
Compsolechia versatella (Walker, 1864)
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Compsolechia versatella 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 several various black streaks, of which one on the exterior part of the costa is larger than the others. There is a broad abbreviated transverse submarginal white line, intersected by two short slender longitudinal black lines. The hindwings are dark brown.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia versatella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
- ^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 604
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