Compsoctena invariella

Compsoctena invariella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. invariella
Binomial name
	Compsoctena invariella; (Walker, 1863)
Synonyms
	Torna invariella Walker, 1863;

Compsoctena invariella is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in India.^[1]

Adults are cinereous (ash grey) fawn, but the abdomen and hindwings paler and more cinereous. The forewings of the females are darker than those of the males, with numerous minute diffuse brown speckles.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena invariella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28; p. 517

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena invariella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 28; p. 517

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