Compsoctena aedifica

Compsoctena aedifica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. aedifica
Binomial name
	Compsoctena aedifica; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Melasina aedifica Meyrick, 1908;

Compsoctena aedifica is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1908.[1] It is found in South Africa (Gauteng).[2]

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are whitish, with scattered small blackish-fuscous strigulae. The costal edge is whitish-ochreous and there are irregular markings formed of confluent cloudy blackish-fuscous strigulae, consisting of a small, sometimes partially obsolete, basal patch, a moderate fascia from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, another from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus, and a transverse spot from five-sixths of the costa, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are ochreous-whitish, more or less tinged with grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena aedifica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
Afro Moths
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 : 744

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena aedifica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1908 : 744