''Mesoptila compsodes'' 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 ...

in the family Geometridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. It is found in

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. (2012)
"A generic level review of ''Eupithecia'' Curtis and some closely related genera based on the Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental fauna (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Larentiinae)"
''Zootaxa''. 3587: 46-64. ''Mesoptila compsodes'' is the

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of the genus ''Mesoptila''.

References

Moths described in 1891 Eupitheciini {{Eupitheciini-stub