Compsolechia quadrifascia

Compsolechia quadrifascia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. quadrifascia
Binomial name
	Compsolechia quadrifascia; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Gelechia quadrifascia Walker, 1864; Gelechia superella Walker, 1864;

Compsolechia quadrifascia is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[1]

Adults are dark cupreous, with a glaucous (green with bluish grey) tinge and the forewings with four oblique bands of the ground colour. The third band broader than the first and than the second. The fourth is slender and marginal.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia quadrifascia (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
^ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 617

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia quadrifascia (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.

[2] List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 617

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