Compsotorna oligarchica

Compsotorna oligarchica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Xyloryctidae
Genus:	Compsotorna
Species:	C. oligarchica
Binomial name
	Compsotorna oligarchica; Meyrick, 1890
Synonyms
	Theiosia aetheria H. Lucas, 1902;

Compsotorna oligarchica is a moth in the family Xyloryctidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1890. It is found in Australia,[1] where it has been recorded from New South Wales and Queensland.

The wingspan is 22–28 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with a few fine scattered black scales and with a fuscous-grey straight longitudinal streak above the middle from the base to near the apex, margined beneath the first with blackish and then with an ochreous suffusion, and above and posteriorly by a white suffusion reaching almost to the costa. There is a triangular reddish-brown spot in the disc at two-thirds, with a central transverse pale mark, its upperside rounded and whitish margined, intersecting the fuscous longitudinal streak, its two lower sides black margined. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[2]

References

Savela, Markku (15 December 2013). "Compsotorna oligarchica Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
McMillan, Ian (4 October 2010). "Compsotorna Meyrick, 1890". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Savela, Markku (15 December 2013). "Compsotorna oligarchica Meyrick, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

[2] McMillan, Ian (4 October 2010). "Compsotorna Meyrick, 1890". Xyloryctine Moths of Australia. Retrieved 23 August 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.