Compsoctena araeopis

Compsoctena araeopis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. araeopis
Binomial name
	Compsoctena araeopis; (Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
	Melasina araeopis Meyrick, 1926;

Compsoctena araeopis is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926.[1] It is found in Namibia.[2]

The wingspan is 24–26 mm. The forewings are grey closely irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish and irregularly and suffusedly strigulated with white. The hindwings are grey, darker speckled.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena araeopis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena araeopis (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
Meyrick, E. (1926). "New South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 349.

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

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena araeopis (Meyrick, 1926)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (1926). "New South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 349.