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Compsolechia transjectella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Compsolechia

Compsolechia transjectella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walker in 1864. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru.

Adults are blackish, the forewings with minute cinereous speckles and a few slight cinereous streaklets, as well as a transverse denticulated cinereous line at four-fifths of the length. The submarginal points are deep black, marked with white. There is a ferruginous marginal line and the costa is oblique towards the tip. The hindwings are dark brown.

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Compsolechia transjectella Wikipedia