Compsoctena spilophanes

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

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

The wingspan is 17–18 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat strigulated obscurely with dark fuscous irroration and with ten to fifteen variable irregular shining white spots and blotches edged with dark fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena spilophanes". 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. 137 Archived January 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine


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