Compsoctena talarodes

Compsoctena talarodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. talarodes
Binomial name
	Compsoctena talarodes; (Meyrick, 1927)
Synonyms
	Melasina talarodes Meyrick, 1927;

Compsoctena talarodes is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1927.[1] It is found in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[2]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous suffused light grey, suffusedly strigulated with dark fuscous irroration and with an oblique basal patch and oblique fasciae before and beyond the middle which are very obscurely indicated. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena talarodes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
Afro Moths
Exot. Microlep. 3: 329

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

[2] Afro Moths

[3] Exot. Microlep. 3: 329