Compsoctena barbarella

Compsoctena barbarella is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in India.[1]

Compsoctena barbarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Compsoctena
Species:
C. barbarella
Binomial name
Compsoctena barbarella
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Alavona barbarella Walker, 1856

Adults are cinereous (ash-gray) fawn, the forewings with two oblique very incomplete and much interrupted bands formed by the speckles. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena barbarella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. Walker, F. 1863. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 515


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