''Compsoctena'' is a genus of

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 ...

s in the family

Eriocottidae Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae. ...

. It was erected by

Philipp Christoph Zeller Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist. Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Philipp ...

in 1852.

Species

* '' Compsoctena aedifica'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena aethalea'' Meyrick, 1907 * '' Compsoctena africanella'' Strand, 1909 * '' Compsoctena agria'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena araeopis'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Compsoctena autoderma'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena barbarella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena brachyctenis'' Meyrick, 1909 * '' Compsoctena brandbergensis'' Mey, 2007 * '' Compsoctena byrseis'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Compsoctena connexalis'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena cossinella'' Walker, 1866 * '' Compsoctena cossusella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena cyclatma'' Meyrick, 1908 * '' Compsoctena dehradunensis'' Pathania & Rose, 2004 * '' Compsoctena delocrossa'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena dermatodes'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena expers'' Meyrick, 1911 * '' Compsoctena fossoria'' Meyrick, 1920 * '' Compsoctena furciformis'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena himachalensis'' Pathania & Rose, 2004 * '' Compsoctena indecorella'' Walker, 1856 * '' Compsoctena intermediella'' Walker, 1866 * '' Compsoctena invariella'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena isopetra'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena kaokoveldi'' Mey, 2011 * '' Compsoctena leucoconis'' Meyrick, 1926 * '' Compsoctena lycophanes'' Meyrick, 1924 * '' Compsoctena media'' Walsingham, 1897 * '' Compsoctena melitoplaca'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Compsoctena microctenis'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena minor'' Walsingham, 1866 * '' Compsoctena montana'' Dierl, 1970 * '' Compsoctena niphocosma'' (Meyrick, 1934) * '' Compsoctena numeraria'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena ochrastis'' Meyrick, 1937 * '' Compsoctena ostracitis'' Meyrick, 1913 * '' Compsoctena pantherina'' Sobczyk, 2012 * '' Compsoctena pinguis'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena primella'' Zeller, 1852 * '' Compsoctena psammosticha'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena quassa'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena reductella'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena robinsoni'' Pathania & Rose, 2004 * '' Compsoctena rudis'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena rustica'' Strand, 1914 * '' Compsoctena scriba'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena secundella'' Walsingham, 1897 * '' Compsoctena similis'' Dierl, 1970 * '' Compsoctena spilophanes'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena susurrans'' (Meyrick, 1911) * '' Compsoctena talarodes'' Meyrick, 1927 * '' Compsoctena taprobana'' Walsingham, 1887 * '' Compsoctena terrestris'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena thwaitesii'' Walsingham, 1887 * '' Compsoctena ursulella'' Walker, 1863 * '' Compsoctena vilis'' Walker, 1865

References

* , 1970: Compsoctenidae: Ein neues Taxon von Familienstatus (Lepitoptera). ''Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München'', 014: 1- 41. Full article

* , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir'' 6: 146-261. * , 2012: ''Compsoctena pantherina'' sp. n. - eine neue Art der Eriocottidae aus Südostasien (Lepidoptera). ''Entomofauna'' 33 (1): 173-180. Compsoctena, Eriocottidae {{Eriocottidae-stub