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Compsolechia salebrosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Compsolechia
Species:	C. salebrosa
Binomial name
Compsolechia salebrosa Meyrick, 1918

Compsolechia salebrosa is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1918. It is found on the Galápagos Islands and in Colombia and Guyana.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in). The forewings are whitish, more or less sprinkled or irrorated with grey, especially on the dorsal two-thirds. The costal edge is blackish anteriorly, with a fine oblique black strigula at one-fourth, and an elongate black spot in the middle. There are indistinct dark fuscous dots obliquely placed above and below the fold at one-fourth. The stigmata are indistinct and dark fuscous, the plical obliquely before the first discal. There is sometimes some irregular light brownish suffusion in the disc and a transverse white line is found from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, angularly indented outwards in the middle, edged on the costa on both sides with small blackish spots, and preceded by a slender light brownish fascia. There is a light brownish line around the posterior part of the costa and termen, marked with black on the termen. The hindwings are grey.

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Compsolechia salebrosa Meyrick, 1918". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
2. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 2 (5): 140. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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