Compsoctena agria

Compsoctena agria is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909.[1] It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[2]

Compsoctena agria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Compsoctena
Species:
C. agria
Binomial name
Compsoctena agria
(Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Melasina agria Meyrick, 1909

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with darker and with indications of a line of dark fuscous scales from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena agria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena agria (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 27–28 – via Sabinet.


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