Compsolechia crocodilopa

Compsolechia crocodilopa is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Peru and Pará, Brazil.[1]

Compsolechia crocodilopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. crocodilopa
Binomial name
Compsolechia crocodilopa
Meyrick, 1922

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with the base narrowly suffused with yellow ochreous and with a moderate fascia of ground colour at one-fourth enclosed by two yellow-ochreous lines, the anterior edge subconcave, the posterior straight, the space between this and the base and a broad fascia beyond it shining leaden metallic. There is an 8-shaped transverse space at four-fifths mostly occupied by two shining blue-leaden-metallic spots and enclosed by two irregular transverse yellow-ochreous suffused streaks, the first bearing a dark fuscous transverse mark in the middle, the second interrupted in the middle, these tending to be connected on the costa by yellow-ochreous suffusion, sometimes cut by a projection from upper metallic spot towards the apex and there is a blue-leaden-metallic terminal streak. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia crocodilopa Meyrick, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 86. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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