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Compsolechia scopulata

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Compsolechia scopulata
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C. scopulata
Binomial name
Compsolechia scopulata
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis scopulata Meyrick, 1914

Compsolechia scopulata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is 12-13 mm. The forewings are pale greyish-ochreous suffusedly mixed with grey and white, the costa suffused with white anteriorly. There is a large dark grey blotch extending along the dorsum from the base to two-thirds and reaching two-thirds across the wing, its edge irregularly projecting and margined with white, rounded off posteriorly. There is an oblique white strigula from the costa at two-thirds, followed by a triangular dark grey patch. Beyond this is a white costal spot, edged beneath by a black mark, from which a slightly curved narrow silvery-whitish-grey pre-marginal fascia runs to the tornus, cut by two black dashes towards the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous, becoming blackish posteriorly.[2]

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