Compsolechia accinctella

Compsolechia accinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. accinctella
Binomial name
	Compsolechia accinctella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia accinctella Walker, 1864;

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

Adults are dark cupreous brown, with the forewings thinly and minutely cinereous (ash gray) speckled and with a ferruginous band near the base, as well as a white transverse bi-denticulate line at five-sixths of the length, with three deep black streaks between it and the whitish marginal line.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia accinctella (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: 600

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia accinctella (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

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