Compsolechia refracta

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

Compsolechia refracta
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C. refracta
Binomial name
Compsolechia refracta
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis refracta Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are dark brown with four very obscure violet-fuscous direct transverse fasciae, the first moderate and subbasal, the second broad and antemedian, the third very broad and postmedian and the fourth from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, sometimes slightly incurved, narrow and posteriorly suffused. There is a small obscure spot of ground colour in the third representing the second discal stigma. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia refracta (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 258.


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