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Compsolechia ischnoptera

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Compsolechia

Compsolechia ischnoptera is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Para).

The wingspan is 9-10 mm. The forewings are dark violet-grey with a whitish-ochreous apical patch, its edge running from five-sixths of the costa to the tornus, almost straight, enclosing five irregular dark grey pre-marginal dots. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

Compsolechia ischnoptera Wikipedia