Compsolechia Cassidata
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''Compsolechia cassidata'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. It is found in
Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
and Brazil. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark violet-leaden grey with the base slenderly dark fuscous and with a dark fuscous transverse streak at one-sixth and a suffused dark fuscous streak from the fold at two-fifths of the wing slightly upcurved to the costa beyond the middle. A suffused dark fuscous streak is found from the disc beyond the middle to the costa just above the apex. The hindwings are dark fuscous.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1914: 257.


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