Compsoctena melitoplaca

Compsoctena melitoplaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. melitoplaca
Binomial name
	Compsoctena melitoplaca; (Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
	Melasina melitoplaca Meyrick, 1927;

Compsoctena melitoplaca is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are white, with brownish-ochreous transverse strigulae and a few black scales and brownish-ochreous spots with some black scales beneath the middle of the disc and on the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena melitoplaca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
^ Afro Moths
^ Exot. Microlep. 3: 329

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Exot. Microlep. 3: 329

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