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Compsolechia pentastra

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Compsolechia pentastra
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C. pentastra
Binomial name
Compsolechia pentastra
Meyrick, 1922

Compsolechia pentastra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas, Para) and Peru.[1]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are bronzy-blackish with a small dark metallic-blue spot at the base and a white dot on the fold at one-fourth of the wing, one beneath the costa before the middle, one in the disc beyond the middle and short opposite transverse marks from the costa and the dorsum near beyond this. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.[2]

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