Compsolechia ferreata

Compsolechia ferreata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana.[1]

Compsolechia ferreata
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C. ferreata
Binomial name
Compsolechia ferreata
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis ferreata Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are dark indigo-blue-leaden with a slender rather oblique suffused blackish fascia at one-fourth, sometimes almost obsolete. The stigmata are obscure and blackish, with the plical somewhat before the first discal. There is also a narrow blackish subterminal fascia nearly parallel to the termen and a blackish streak along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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