Compsoctena araeopis

Compsoctena araeopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. araeopis
Binomial name
	Compsoctena araeopis; (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
	Melasina araeopis Meyrick, 1926;

Compsoctena araeopis is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1926.^[1] It is found in Namibia.^[2]

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The forewings are grey closely irrorated with blackish and irregularly and suffusedly strigulated with white. The hindwings are grey, darker-speckled.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena araeopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Meyrick, E. 1926a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 23; p. 349

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena araeopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Meyrick, E. 1926a. New South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 23; p. 349

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