Compsolechia crescentifasciella

Compsolechia crescentifasciella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. crescentifasciella
Binomial name
	Compsolechia crescentifasciella; (Chambers, 1874)
Synonyms
	Gelechia crescentifasciella Chambers, 1874;

Compsolechia crescentifasciella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas.[1][2]

Adults are ash gray, microscopically dusted with brown. There is a crescentic, very indistinct pale fascia at the beginning of the cilia, very concave towards the base of the wing. There are also one or two minute dark spots on the disc, and one at its apex.[3]

References

Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 237

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[1] Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 28, 2017.

[2] Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University

[3] The Canadian Entomologist 6 (12): 237