Compsolechia Canofusella
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''Compsolechia canofusella'' 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. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil. Adults are black, the forewings with a submarginal band which is not chalybeous (steel blue), but includes a zigzag chalybeous line. The exterior border is almost straight and slightly oblique. The hindwings are dark cupreous.''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum'' 29: 617


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Moths described in 1864 Compsolechia {{Compsolechia-stub