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

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

Adults are blackish brown, the forewings irregularly cinereous (ash-gray) speckled, with two or three black occasionally obsolete spots in the disc and a few white and deep black submarginal streaks. The hindwings are dark cupreous brown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia tardella (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: 606 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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