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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Compsophila Meyrick, 1886 |
Species: | C. iocosma |
Binomial name | |
Compsophila iocosma Meyrick, 1886 | |
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Compsophila is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. It contains only one species, Compsophila iocosma, which is found on Fiji.
The wingspan is about 24 millimeters, the forewings rust-red in color and the hindwings snow-white with a large rust-red subbasal spot, a broad discal band, and a small oblique spot near the middle of the outer margin.
References
- "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
- XV. Descriptions of 21 new genera and 103 new species of Lepidoptera-Heterocera from the Australian Region This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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