Compsoctena quassa

Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[2]

Compsoctena quassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Eriocottidae
Genus:
Compsoctena
Species:
C. quassa
Binomial name
Compsoctena quassa
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Melasina quassa Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are grey, closely and suffusedly reticulated with dark fuscous irroration and with a few grey-whitish scales, as well as obscure irregular spots of dark fuscous suffusion placed as a stigmata, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena quassa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Afro Moths
  3. Meyrick, E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2); p. 136 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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