Compsolechia niobella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. niobella
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| Compsolechia niobella | |
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The wingspan is about 18 mm (0.71 in). The forewings are grey with an oblique streak of brown suffusion from the dorsum towards the base reaching two-thirds across the wing. The discal and dorsal areas are suffused brownish from one-third to near the termen, a suffused dark brown streak from the disc at one-third to the termen beneath the apex, below this a paler area posteriorly, brown streaks on veins 8-11 except towards the costa. The hindwings are dark grey, paler towards the base.[2]
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 17, 2017.
- ^ Description of Compsolechia tornoptila in Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1922: 96
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