Compsolechia picticornis

Compsolechia picticornis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. picticornis
Binomial name
	Compsolechia picticornis; (Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
	Aristotelia picticornis Walsingham, 1897;

Compsolechia picticornis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Croix^[1] and Puerto Rico.

The wingspan is about 10 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous, evenly speckled and mottled with ashy grey throughout and with a faint indication of a dark spot beyond the middle of the fold and groups of ashy-grey scales around the termen at the base of the ashy-grey cilia, through which run a slender dark dividing line beyond their middle. The hindwings are pale chestnut-grey.^[2]

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