Compsoctena cossusella

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

Compsoctena cossusella is a moth in the Eriocottidae family, first described by Walker in 1856. It is found in Nepal.[1]

Adults are cinereous, speckled with brown. The forewings are rounded at the tips and transversely streaked with dark brown. There are four connected and very irregular brown patches in the exterior disk, and a fifth contiguous to the base of the interior border. The costa is brown towards the base.[2]

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