Gnorimoschema compsomorpha

Gnorimoschema compsomorpha is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. It is found in the US state of New Mexico.[1][2]

Gnorimoschema compsomorpha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Gnorimoschema
Species:
G. compsomorpha
Binomial name
Gnorimoschema compsomorpha
Meyrick, 1929

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are uniform ocherous brown, with the base narrowly white speckled dark gray and a slender white rather outwards-oblique fascia at one-fifth, speckled black on the dorsal half, connected with the base on the costa by whitish sprinkling. There is a rather inwards-oblique whitish fascia speckled black at three-fourths, preceded on dorsum by a similar triangular blotch confluent with it reaching three-fourths across the wing and marked on the fold with a black dash. A slender irregular whitish streak speckled black is found round the posterior part of the costa and termen, interrupted by a black apical mark. The hindwings are light bluish gray.[3]

References
  1. Savela, Markku (February 10, 2019). "Gnorimoschema compsomorpha Meyrick, 1929". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  2. "421189.00 – 1977 – Gnorimoschema compsomorpha – Meyrick, 1929". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (16): 491


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