Compsoctena susurrans

Compsoctena susurrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. susurrans
Binomial name
	Compsoctena susurrans; (Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
	Melasina susurrans Meyrick, 1911;

Compsoctena susurrans is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911.[1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from Limpopo.[2]

The wingspan is about 24 mm for males and 26 mm for females. The forewings are white, transversely striated throughout with brownish-ochreous and more or less irrorated with dark fuscous and blackish, the coalescence of these striae indicates a small basal patch, a narrow fascia from one-third of the costa to before the middle of the dorsum, with the posterior edge angulated below the middle. There is a narrow fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, and a slender more or less marked inwards-sinuate fascia from the costa before the apex to the tornus. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Melasina susurrans". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
Afro Moths
"Meyrick, E. 1911c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(1); p. 82". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2019-07-08.

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] "Meyrick, E. 1911c. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 3(1); p. 82". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2019-07-08.