''Compsolechia blepharopa'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in

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. The

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is 12–14 mm. The forewings are blackish with lilac-grey markings, sometimes slightly whitish sprinkled, more or less marked with white on the costa. There is a narrow oblique subbasal fascia and moderate antemedian and postmedian fasciae converging towards the dorsum and confluent on the lower third, the second marked with a rather large round blackish spot outlined with white representing the second discal stigma. A patch of white irroration or suffusion is found on the apical portion of the costa and there is a separate semicircular patch of whitish irroration on the termen, which is more or less indicated, sometimes nearly obsolete. The hindwings are dark fuscous.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1914: 259.

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Moths described in 1914 Compsolechia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Compsolechia-stub