Compsoctena melitoplaca

Compsoctena melitoplaca is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.[1] It is found in South Africa.[2]

Compsoctena melitoplaca
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C. melitoplaca
Binomial name
Compsoctena melitoplaca
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Melasina melitoplaca Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is 17–19 mm. The forewings are white, with brownish-ochreous transverse strigulae and a few black scales and brownish-ochreous spots with some black scales beneath the middle of the disc and on the end of the cell. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena melitoplaca". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena melitoploca (Meyrick, 1927)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 329.


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