Compsolechia pentastra

Compsolechia pentastra is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Peru and the Brazilian states of Amazonas and Pará.[1]

Compsolechia pentastra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Compsolechia
Species:
C. pentastra
Binomial name
Compsolechia pentastra
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are bronzy blackish with a small dark metallic-blue spot at the base and a white dot on the fold at one-fourth of the wing, one beneath the costa before the middle, one in the disc beyond the middle and short opposite transverse marks from the costa and the dorsum near beyond this. The hindwings are dark bronzy fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia pentastra Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 81.


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