''Compsolechia chrysoplaca'' is a

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of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is found in

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. The

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is about 18 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous irrorated (sprinkled) with ochreous whitish and with a round orange apical patch with a projection along the termen, edged with blackish except on a small whitish spot on the costa, and enclosing an elongate golden-metallic spot. The hindwings are dark fuscous.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1911 (4): 694.

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Moths described in 1912 Compsolechia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Compsolechia-stub