Compsophila
| Compsophila | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Compsophila Meyrick, 1886[1] |
| Species: | C. iocosma |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsophila iocosma Meyrick, 1886 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Compsophila is a genus of moths of the Crambidae family. It contains only one species, Compsophila iocosma, which is found on Fiji.
The wingspan is about 24 millimeters, the forewings rust-red in color and the hindwings snow-white with a large rust-red subbasal spot, a broad discal band, and a small oblique spot near the middle of the outer margin.[2]
References
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- ↑ XV. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region
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