Compsolechia perlatella

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

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

Adults are dark cupreous, the forewings with two oblique aeneous-cinereous (bronze-ash-gray) bands, one near the base, the other in the middle.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia perlatella (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: 612


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