Compsolechia abruptella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Compsolechia
Species:
C. abruptella
Binomial name
Compsolechia abruptella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia abruptella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia sectella Walker, 1864

Compsolechia abruptella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas in Brazil and in Peru.[1]

Adults are cinereous (ash gray) brown, the forewings with a black basal point and a black spot in the disc near the base and a white line extending obliquely outward from two-thirds of the length of the costa, and forming a very acute angle, contiguous on the inner side with two longitudinal black streaks. The space between this line and the exterior border has a slaty tinge, and contains some minute white streaks and one minute black streak, which seems to be a continuation of the hinder end of the black streaks. There is also a broad black streak along the apical part of the costa and the marginal line is cinereous. The hindwings are cupreous brown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia abruptella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. ↑ List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 601 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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