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Compsoctena furciformis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. furciformis
Binomial name
Compsoctena furciformis (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
Melasina furciformis Meyrick, 1921

Compsoctena furciformis is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 21–22 mm. The forewings are whitish fuscous, reticulated with brown sprinkled with blackish. The markings are brown irregularly sprinkled or irrorated with black, especially on the veins. There is a moderate ill-defined basal fascia and a moderate fascia from two-fifths of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, the anterior edge almost straight and the posterior edge obtusely angulated below the middle. There is a moderate fascia from two-thirds of the costa to the tornus, narrowed near the lower extremity, with a rather excurved narrower branch running from its middle to the costa before the apex. The hindwings are rather dark grey.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Compsoctena furciformis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena furciformis (Meyrick, 1921)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. Meyrick, E. (July 14, 1921). "Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (2): 135 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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