''Acompsia fibigeri'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family Gelechiidae which is endemic to eastern

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. The habitat consists of mountainous areas. The

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is for males. The forewings are brown, mottled with yellow brown and some darker scales. The hindwings are grey. Adults have been recorded in mid September.

Etymology

The species is named for Danish lepidopterist Michael Fibiger who collected the type series of the species.

References

Moths described in 2002 Endemic fauna of Turkey Moths of Asia Acompsia {{Dichomeridinae-stub