Compsolechia mangelivora

Compsolechia mangelivora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Thomas[1] and Puerto Rico.

Compsolechia mangelivora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. mangelivora
Binomial name
Compsolechia mangelivora
(Walsingham, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis mangelivora Walsingham, 1897

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, with profuse hoary speckling and a dark fuscous elongate spot on the costa before the middle, which is preceded and followed by some hoary whitish scaling, of which there is also a slight patch at the commencement of the costal cilia. The hindwings are brownish grey.

The larvae feed on Rhizophora mangel.[2]

References

  1. funet.fi
  2. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 80 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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