Compsolechia tardella

Compsolechia tardella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Peru and Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

Compsolechia tardella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Compsolechia
Species:
C. tardella
Binomial name
Compsolechia tardella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia tardella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia sublatella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia collocatella Walker, 1864

Adults are blackish brown, the forewings irregularly cinereous (ash-gray) speckled, with two or three black occasionally obsolete spots in the disc and a few white and deep black submarginal streaks. The hindwings are dark cupreous brown.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia tardella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 606


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