Compsoctena aedifica is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1908.[1] It is found in Gauteng, South Africa.[2]

Compsoctena aedifica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocottidae
Genus: Compsoctena
Species:
C. aedifica
Binomial name
Compsoctena aedifica
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Melasina aedifica Meyrick, 1908

The wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are whitish, with scattered small blackish-fuscous strigulae. The costal edge is whitish ochreous and there are irregular markings formed of confluent cloudy blackish-fuscous strigulae, consisting of a small, sometimes partially obsolete, basal patch, a moderate fascia from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, another from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus, and a transverse spot from five-sixths of the costa, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, more or less tinged with grey.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena aedifica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena aedifica (Meyrick, 1908)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1908: 744. m   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.