Compsoctena delocrossa

Compsoctena delocrossa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. delocrossa
Binomial name
	Compsoctena delocrossa; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Melasina delocrossa Meyrick, 1921;

Compsoctena delocrossa is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

Its wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are grey, with the tips of the scales dark fuscous and with irregular indistinct dark fuscous transverse striae, in the cell more broken into dots. The area of the cell and median area of the costa is somewhat suffused with darker but undefined. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena delocrossa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena delocrossa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 136 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena delocrossa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena delocrossa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 136 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.