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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocottidae |
| Genus: | Compsoctena |
| Species: | C. quassa |
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| Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are grey, closely and suffusedly reticulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and with a few grey-whitish scales, as well as obscure irregular spots of dark fuscous suffusion placed as a stigmata, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena quassa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 136 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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