Compsoctena fossoria

Compsoctena fossoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. fossoria
Binomial name
	Compsoctena fossoria; (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
	Melasina fossoria Meyrick, 1920;

Compsoctena fossoria is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1920.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are grey, much suffused with whitish. There is a basal fascia of dark fuscous suffused irroration, continued as a broad streak along the costa to two-fifths, thence rather obliquely across the wing to near the dorsum, again angulated and continued to near the costa at four-fifths, with a branch to the tornus. A similar spot is found on the costa beyond the middle, and three or four small spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are light fuscous-grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena fossoria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Meyrick, E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 17; p. 310

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Meyrick, E. 1920c. Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera. - Annals of the South African Museum 17; p. 310

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