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Catephia compsotrephes

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Superfamily
  
Noctuoidea

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Family
  
Erebidae

Catephia compsotrephes is a species of moth of the family Erebidae. It is found in north-western Australia.

The wingspan is about 46 mm.The forewings are dark fuscous with a few bluish-white scales. There is an obscurely darker transverse line, as well as two obscure dark spots in the middle, arranged transversely. There is also a blackish line from the costa obliquely outwards, describing a rounded curve in the disc, thence sinuate inwards to the dorsum. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous terminal band containing three elongate white spots, as well as a white streak on the apex.

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Catephia compsotrephes Wikipedia