Compsoctena Explained

Compsoctena is a genus of moths in the family Eriocottidae. It was erected by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.^[1]

Species

• Compsoctena aedifica Meyrick, 1908
• Compsoctena aethalea Meyrick, 1907
• Compsoctena africanella Strand, 1909
• Compsoctena agria Meyrick, 1909
• Compsoctena araeopis Meyrick, 1926
• Compsoctena autoderma Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena barbarella Walker, 1856
• Compsoctena brachyctenis Meyrick, 1909
• Compsoctena brandbergensis Mey, 2007
• Compsoctena byrseis (Meyrick, 1934)
• Compsoctena connexalis Walker, 1863
• Compsoctena cossinella Walker, 1866
• Compsoctena cossusella Walker, 1856
• Compsoctena cyclatma Meyrick, 1908
• Compsoctena dehradunensis Pathania & Rose, 2004
• Compsoctena delocrossa Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena dermatodes Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena expers Meyrick, 1911
• Compsoctena fossoria Meyrick, 1920
• Compsoctena furciformis Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena himachalensis Pathania & Rose, 2004
• Compsoctena indecorella Walker, 1856
• Compsoctena intermediella Walker, 1866
• Compsoctena invariella Walker, 1863
• Compsoctena isopetra Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena kaokoveldi Mey, 2011
• Compsoctena leucoconis Meyrick, 1926
• Compsoctena lycophanes Meyrick, 1924
• Compsoctena media Walsingham, 1897
• Compsoctena melitoplaca Meyrick, 1927
• Compsoctena microctenis Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena minor Walsingham, 1866
• Compsoctena montana Dierl, 1970
• Compsoctena niphocosma (Meyrick, 1934)
• Compsoctena numeraria Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena ochrastis Meyrick, 1937
• Compsoctena ostracitis Meyrick, 1913
• Compsoctena pantherina Sobczyk, 2012
• Compsoctena pinguis Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852
• Compsoctena psammosticha Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena quassa Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena reductella Walker, 1863
• Compsoctena robinsoni Pathania & Rose, 2004
• Compsoctena rudis Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena rustica Strand, 1914
• Compsoctena scriba Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena secundella Walsingham, 1897
• Compsoctena similis Dierl, 1970
• Compsoctena spilophanes Meyrick, 1921
• Compsoctena susurrans (Meyrick, 1911)
• Compsoctena talarodes Meyrick, 1927
• Compsoctena taprobana Walsingham, 1887
• Compsoctena terrestris Meyrick, 1914
• Compsoctena thwaitesii Walsingham, 1887
• Compsoctena ursulella Walker, 1863
• Compsoctena vilis Walker, 1865

References

• , 1970: Compsoctenidae: Ein neues Taxon von Familienstatus (Lepitoptera). Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München, 014: 1- 41. Full article: http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VeroeffZSM_014_0001-0041.pdf.
• , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir 6: 146-261.
• , 2012: Compsoctena pantherina sp. n. - eine neue Art der Eriocottidae aus Südostasien (Lepidoptera). Entomofauna 33 (1): 173-180.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Beccaloni . George . etal . February 2005 . Scientific name search . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum, London.