Compsoctena agria

Compsoctena agria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. agria
Binomial name
	Compsoctena agria; (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
	Melasina agria Meyrick, 1909;

Compsoctena agria is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are fuscous, sprinkled with darker and with indications of a line of dark fuscous scales from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena agria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena agria (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
↑ Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 27–28 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena agria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena agria (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.

[3] Meyrick, E. (November 1909). "Descriptions of Transvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 27–28 – via Sabinet. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.