Compsolechia terrenella

Compsolechia terrenella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species: C. terrenella
Binomial name
Compsolechia terrenella
(Busck, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis terrenella Busck, 1914

Compsolechia terrenella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama.[1]

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are light reddish brown with a violet sheen and sparsely dusted with black atoms. The extreme base of the costa, a small spot on the middle of the costa, and another at the apical third are black and there are two ill-defined small black dots on the middle of the cell and a similar one at the end of the cell. The entire tip and terminal cilia are black, while the dorsal cilia is ochreous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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