Compsoctena barbarella

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

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

Adults are cinereous fawn, the forewings with two oblique very incomplete and much interrupted bands formed by the speckles. The hindwings are cinereous.[2]

References

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