Compsolechia subapicalis

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

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

Adults are dark cupreous-brown, white beneath, the forewings have a light cupreous marginal space, in which there are two transverse lines of elongated white points. These lines are approximate hindward, the points of the second are much larger than those of the first, and are accompanied by three deep black streaks.[2]

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