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Compsolechia mesodelta

(Compsolechia mesodelta)

Description

Compsolechia mesodelta is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas). The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The forewings are grey with a faint greenish tinge, sometimes whitish-sprinkled. There is a triangular blackish blotch on the middle of the costa reaching half across the wing and a faint pale somewhat irregular line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, the costal and terminal area beyond this suffused blackish, in the whitish-sprinkled example a terminal line of whitish irroration. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Gelechiidae
Genus:Compsolechia
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