Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Compsolechia | |
Compsolechia crocodilopa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Para) and Peru.
The wingspan is 11-12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with the base narrowly suffused yellow-ochreous and with a moderate fascia of ground colour at one-fourth enclosed by two yellow-ochreous lines, the anterior edge subconcave, the posterior straight, the space between this and the base and a broad fascia beyond it shining leaden-metallic. There is an 8-shaped transverse space at four-fifths mostly occupied by two shining blue-leaden-metallic spots and enclosed by two irregular transverse yellow-ochreous suffused streaks, the first bearing a dark fuscous transverse mark in the middle, the second interrupted in the middle, these tending to be connected on the costa by yellow-ochreous suffusion, sometimes cut by a projection from upper metallic spot towards the apex and there is a blue-leaden-metallic terminal streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous.