Compsoctena quassa

Compsoctena quassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species: C. quassa
Binomial name
Compsoctena quassa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melasina quassa Meyrick, 1921

Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are grey, closely and suffusedly reticulated with dark fuscous irroration and with a few grey-whitish scales, as well as obscure irregular spots of dark fuscous suffusion placed as a stigmata, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ Afro Moths
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2); p. 136 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
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