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Compsoctena aedifica
Scientific 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

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

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.

References

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.

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