Compsoctena indecorella

Compsoctena indecorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. indecorella
Binomial name
	Compsoctena indecorella; (Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
	Alavona indecorella Walker, 1856;

Compsoctena indecorella is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in India.^[1]

Adults are cinereous (ash grey) brown, the forewings very minutely blackish speckled. The hindwings are more cinereous, very minutely brown speckled.^[2]

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena indecorella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
↑ Walker, F. 1863. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 515

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena indecorella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

[2] Walker, F. 1863. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 515