Compsolechia niobella

Compsolechia niobella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. niobella
Binomial name
	Compsolechia niobella; (C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Gelechia niobella Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Compsolechia tornoptila Meyrick, 1922;

Compsolechia niobella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.^[1]

The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are grey with an oblique streak of brown suffusion from the dorsum towards the base reaching two-thirds across the wing. The discal and dorsal areas are suffused brownish from one-third to near the termen, a suffused dark brown streak from the disc at one-third to the termen beneath the apex, below this a paler area posteriorly, brown streaks on veins 8-11 except towards the costa. The hindwings are dark grey, paler towards the base.^[2]

References

^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
^ Description of Compsolechia tornoptila in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922: 96

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 17, 2017.

[2] Description of Compsolechia tornoptila in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922: 96

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