Compsolechia seductella

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

Compsolechia seductella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).[1]

Adults are fawn-colour, the forewings with a few elongated black points near the base, and with a few black streaks of various sizes in the disc. There is a curved white exterior line which is composed of points, except towards the costa, where it is entire and retracted. There are also a few exterior white streaks, which are accompanied by three deep black streaks. The marginal line is pale fawn-colour. The hindwings are cupreous-brown.[2]

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