Compsolechia platiastis explained

Compsolechia platiastis is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Amazonas, Brazil.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are dark ashy grey. The plical and first discal stigma are indistinct, cloudy and dark fuscous, the plical rather anterior. There is a slender irregular grey line from four-fifths of the costa to the dorsum before the tornus, margined anteriorly by a broad dark fuscous fascia extending from the dorsum three-fourths across the wing, and posteriorly by a narrow entire fascia. There are two or three cloudy dark fuscous dots on the upper part of the termen. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Savela . Markku . October 30, 2018 . Compsolechia platiastis Meyrick, 1922 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . August 23, 2020.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/transactionsofen1922roya#page/84/mode/1up Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1922: 84.