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Compsoctena brachyctenis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. brachyctenis
Binomial name
Compsoctena brachyctenis (Meyrick, 1909)
Synonyms
Melasina brachyctenis Meyrick, 1909

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

The wingspan is about 24 mm. The forewings are ochreous whitish, irregularly strewn with suffused fuscous strigulae irrorated (sprinkled) with blackish fuscous, appearing to form a small basal patch. There is a broad streak along anterior two-thirds of the costa, a broad bent median fascia, and a patch in the disc posteriorly, but these are all very indefinite. The ground colour appears to form a clear white patch towards the dorsum before the middle, and another towards the costa beyond the middle. There are about five small dark fuscous spots on the posterior half of the costa. The hindwings are grey, sprinkled with darker.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena brachyctenis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena brachyctenis (Meyrick, 1909)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. Annals of the South African Museum. 5 (7): 364. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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