Compsoctena autoderma

Compsoctena autoderma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. autoderma
Binomial name
	Compsoctena autoderma; (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
	Melasina autoderma Meyrick, 1914;

Compsoctena autoderma is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are fuscous, or brownish-ochreous tinged with fuscous, especially towards the base of the costa, usually with very indistinct scattered darker fuscous strigulae. There is a very indistinct darker fuscous transverse mark on the upper angle of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena autoderma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
Afro Moths
Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 10 (8) : 253

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 10 (8) : 253