Compsoctena quassa
| Compsoctena quassa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocottidae |
| Genus: | Compsoctena |
| Species: | C. quassa |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by 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 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]
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