Compsolechia chrysoplaca

Compsolechia chrysoplaca is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1912. It is found in Venezuela.[1]

Compsolechia chrysoplaca
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C. chrysoplaca
Binomial name
Compsolechia chrysoplaca
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Anacampsis chrysoplaca Meyrick, 1912

The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous irrorated with ochreous-whitish and with a round orange apical patch with a projection along the termen, edged with blackish except on a small whitish spot on the costa, and enclosing an elongate golden-metallic spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

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