Compsolechia tardella

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

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

Adults are blackish brown, the forewings irregularly cinereous-speckled, with two or three black occasionally obsolete spots in the disc and a few white and deep black submarginal streaks. The hindwings are dark cupreous-brown.[2]

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