Compsoctena lycophanes

Compsoctena lycophanes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. lycophanes
Binomial name
	Compsoctena lycophanes; (Meyrick, 1924)
Synonyms
	Melasina lycophanes Meyrick, 1924;

Compsoctena lycophanes is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924.[1] It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape.[2]

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are whitish grey, irregularly strewn with coarse greyish-ochreous and dark grey scales. The markings are grey suffusedly mixed with greyish ochreous and dark fuscous. There is a basal patch occupying one-fourth of the wing, with the edge nearly straight, somewhat oblique. There is also a moderate rather oblique fasciae before and beyond the middle and there are some small spots along the costa, and irregular marbling towards the apex. The hindwings are ochreous-grey whitish, slightly sprinkled with light grey and with a moderate suffused dark grey terminal band.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena lycophanes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena lycophanes (Meyrick, 1924)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 78.

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

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena lycophanes (Meyrick, 1924)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.

[3] Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3: 78.