Compsoctena quassa

Compsoctena quassa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species:
C. quassa
Binomial name
Compsoctena quassa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melasina quassa Meyrick, 1921

Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are grey, closely and suffusedly reticulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and with a few grey-whitish scales, as well as obscure irregular spots of dark fuscous suffusion placed as a stigmata, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena quassa​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. ^ Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 136 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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