Compsophila

Compsophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Compsophila; Meyrick, 1886[1]
Species:	C. iocosma
Binomial name
	Compsophila iocosma; Meyrick, 1886
Synonyms
	Niphadaza Butler, 1886; Niphadaza bicolor Butler, 1886;

Compsophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Compsophila iocosma, which is found on Fiji.

The wingspan is about 24 millimeters, the forewings rust-red in color and the hindwings snow-white with a large rust-red subbasal spot, a broad discal band, and a small oblique spot near the middle of the outer margin.[2]

References

"GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
XV. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.

[2] XV. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.