| Compsolechia trochilea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. trochilea |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia trochilea (Walsingham, 1910) | |
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Compsolechia trochilea is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1910. It is found in Mexico (Tabasco).[1]
The wingspan is about 12 mm (0.47 in). The forewings are dark brownish fuscous, with a broad outwardly curved blue-green metallic band near the base, a slightly oblique stone-grey fascia across the middle, somewhat produced inwards on the dorsum, a triangular costal spot of the same colour between this and the metallic band, the termen, apex and cilia also stone-grey. The hindwings are brownish fuscous, with a dark fuscous spot at the flexus.[2]
References
- ↑ funet.fi
- ↑ Biol. centr.-amer. Lep. Heterocera 4 : 41
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