Compsolechia accinctella

Compsolechia accinctella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas in Brazil and in Peru.[1]

Compsolechia accinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Compsolechia
Species:
C. accinctella
Binomial name
Compsolechia accinctella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia accinctella Walker, 1864

Adults are dark cupreous brown, with the forewings thinly and minutely cinereous (ash gray) speckled and with a ferruginous band near the base, as well as a white transverse bi-denticulate line at five-sixths of the length, with three deep black streaks between it and the whitish marginal line.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia accinctella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 600


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