''Compsoctena aedifica'' is a
moth 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.
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. It was described by
Edward Meyrick in 1908. It is found in
Gauteng, South Africa.
The
wingspan is 20–24 mm. The forewings are whitish, with scattered small blackish-fuscous strigulae. The costal edge is whitish ochreous and there are irregular markings formed of confluent cloudy blackish-fuscous strigulae, consisting of a small, sometimes partially obsolete, basal patch, a moderate fascia from one-third of the costa to the middle of the dorsum, another from three-fifths of the costa to the tornus, and a transverse spot from five-sixths of the costa, reaching half across the wing. The hindwings are ochreous whitish, more or less tinged with grey.
''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 1908: 744.
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References
Endemic moths of South Africa
Moths described in 1908
Compsoctena
Lepidoptera of South Africa
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