Compsoctena dermatodes
| Compsoctena dermatodes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocottidae |
| Genus: | Compsoctena |
| Species: | C. dermatodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Compsoctena dermatodes (Meyrick, 1914) | |
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Compsoctena dermatodes is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.[2]
The wingspan is 22-24 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with brownish, sometimes slightly mixed with whitish between the strigulae. There is a fuscous dot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
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