''Compsolechia sesamodes'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

of the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy (biology), taxonomy ...

. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics. Life and work Ed ...

in 1922. It is found in

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and

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. The

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is about 15 mm. The forewings are dark grey with a blackish spot towards the costa near the base and a transverse blackish fascia from the dorsum at one-fifth not reaching the costa, the outer edge angulated on the fold. The plical and first discal stigmata are indicated by elongate blackish spots, both followed by spots of white irroration (sprinkles), some white irroration towards the costa above these. There is a fascia of blackish suffusion preceding the subterminal line. A fine transverse white mark is found from the costa beyond three-fourths, and small groups of two or three white scales forming a series from this to the dorsum before the tornus, angulated in the middle of the wing, rather incurved on the lower half. The apical area is suffused with dark brown, with an oval black spot beneath the costa near the apex, an indistinct blackish pre-terminal dot beneath the apex, two linear white pre-terminal dots above this and four minute ones below it. The hindwings are dark fuscous with a long pale greyish expansible

hair-pencil Hair-pencils and coremata are pheromone signaling structures present in lepidopteran males. Males use hair-pencils in courtship behaviors with females. The pheromones they excrete serve as both aphrodisiacs and tranquilizers to females as well as ...

lying in the submedian fold.''Transactions of the Entomological Society of London''. 1922: 90.

References

Moths described in 1922 Compsolechia Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Compsolechia-stub