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Compsolechia scopulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. scopulata
Binomial name
Compsolechia scopulata (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
Anacampsis scopulata Meyrick, 1914

Compsolechia scopulata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in Guyana and Brazil.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm (0.47–0.51 in). The forewings are pale greyish ochreous suffusedly mixed with grey and white, the costa suffused with white anteriorly. There is a large dark grey blotch extending along the dorsum from the base to two-thirds and reaching two-thirds across the wing, its edge irregularly projecting and margined with white, rounded off posteriorly. There is an oblique white strigula from the costa at two-thirds, followed by a triangular dark grey patch. Beyond this is a white costal spot, edged beneath by a black mark, from which a slightly curved narrow silvery-whitish-grey pre-marginal fascia runs to the tornus, cut by two black dashes towards the middle. The hindwings are dark fuscous, becoming blackish posteriorly.

References

1. Savela, Markku (October 30, 2018). "Compsolechia scopulata (Meyrick, 1914)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
2. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1914: 260. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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