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Compsolechia pentastra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Compsolechia

Compsolechia pentastra is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas, Para) and Peru.

The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are bronzy-blackish with a small dark metallic-blue spot at the base and a white dot on the fold at one-fourth of the wing, one beneath the costa before the middle, one in the disc beyond the middle and short opposite transverse marks from the costa and the dorsum near beyond this. The hindwings are dark bronzy-fuscous.

References

Compsolechia pentastra Wikipedia