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Compsoctena fossoria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. fossoria
Binomial name
Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
Melasina fossoria Meyrick, 1920

Compsoctena fossoria is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa.

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are grey, much suffused with whitish. There is a basal fascia of dark fuscous suffused irroration (sprinkling), continued as a broad streak along the costa to two-fifths, thence rather obliquely across the wing to near the dorsum, again angulated and continued to near the costa at four-fifths, with a branch to the tornus. A similar spot is found on the costa beyond the middle, and three or four small spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are light fuscous grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena fossoria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (1920). "Descriptions of South African Microlepidoptera". Annals of the South African Museum. 17: 310. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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• Endemic moths of South Africa
• Moths described in 1920
• Compsoctena
• Lepidoptera of South Africa
• Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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