Compsolechia cassidata

Compsolechia cassidata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.[1]

Compsolechia cassidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Compsolechia
Species:
C. cassidata
Binomial name
Compsolechia cassidata
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis cassidata Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark violet-leaden grey with the base slenderly dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous transverse streak at one-sixth and a suffused dark fuscous streak from the fold at two-fifths of the wing slightly upcurved to the costa beyond the middle. A suffused dark fuscous streak is found from the disc beyond the middle to the costa just above the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia cassidata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 257.


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