Compsoctena talarodes

Compsoctena talarodes is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.[1] It is found in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[2]

Compsoctena talarodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Compsoctena
Species:
C. talarodes
Binomial name
Compsoctena talarodes
(Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
  • Melasina talarodes Meyrick, 1927

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous suffused with light grey, suffusedly strigulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and with an oblique basal patch and oblique fasciae before and beyond the middle which are very obscurely indicated. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

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


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