Compsolechia transjectella

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

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

Adults are blackish, the forewings with minute cinereous (ash-gray) speckles and a few slight cinereous streaklets, as well as a transverse denticulated cinereous line at four-fifths of the length. The submarginal points are deep black, marked with white. There is a ferruginous marginal line and the costa is oblique towards the tip. The hindwings are dark brown.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia transjectella (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: 598

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia transjectella (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: 598

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