Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Eriocottidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Compsoctena | |
Compsoctena dermatodes is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is 22-24 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with brownish, sometimes slightly mixed with whitish between the strigulae. There is a fuscous dot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.
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