Compsolechia Crescentifasciella
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''Compsolechia crescentifasciella'' is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by
Vactor Tousey Chambers Vactor Tousey Chambers (commonly V.T. Chambers) (6 August 1830, Burlington, Kentucky – 7 August 1883, in Covington, Kentucky) was an American entomologist who specialized in Microlepidoptera. He along with James Brackenridge Clemens, was a pione ...
in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Texas. Adults are ash gray, microscopically dusted with brown. There is a crescentic, very indistinct pale fascia at the beginning of the cilia, very concave towards the base of the wing. There are also one or two minute dark spots on the disc, and one at its apex.''The Canadian Entomologist'' 6 (12): 237


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Moths described in 1874 Compsolechia {{Compsolechia-stub