Compsolechia balia
Compsolechia balia is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1910. It is found in Mexico (Guerrero, Morelos).[1]
Compsolechia balia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gelechiidae |
Genus: | Compsolechia |
Species: | C. balia |
Binomial name | |
Compsolechia balia (Walsingham, 1910) | |
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The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are leaden brownish, thickly and profusely sprinkled with pale cinereous scales leaving a very ill-defined and scarcely perceptible darker medio-costal spot, and a tornal shade diffused outward and upward, and a small spot above the middle of the termen. The hindwings are pale chocolate-brown.[2]
References
- funet.fi
- Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 34
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