Compsoctena araeopis

Compsoctena araeopis is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Namibia.[2]

Compsoctena araeopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Compsoctena
Species:
C. araeopis
Binomial name
Compsoctena araeopis
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Melasina araeopis Meyrick, 1926

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The forewings are grey closely irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish and irregularly and suffusedly strigulated with white. The hindwings are grey, darker speckled.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena araeopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena araeopis (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1926). "New South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 349.


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