Compsolechia secretella

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

Compsolechia secretella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Compsolechia
Species:
C. secretella
Binomial name
Compsolechia secretella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia secretella Walker, 1864
  • Gelechia plejadella Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
  • Anacampsis cistulata Meyrick, 1914
  • Anacampsis trimolybda Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with three blue-leaden fasciae, the first moderate and basal, the second and third broad, enclosing a triangular median costal blotch and confluent on the lower half, extending on the dorsum from one-fourth to near the tornus, sometimes partially whitish sprinkled. There is a similar hardly curved shade from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, white on the costa, almost confluent with the third fascia. A blue-leaden sometimes whitish-sprinkled streak is found along the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia secretella (Walker, 1864)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  2. Description of Anacampsis cistulata in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1914: 258


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