Compsoctena indecorella

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

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

Adults are cinereous (ash grey) brown, the forewings very minutely blackish speckled. The hindwings are more cinereous, very minutely brown speckled.[2]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena indecorella". 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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