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Compsolechia mangelivora

Synonyms: Anacampsis mangelivora

Wikipedia Abstract

Compsolechia mangelivora is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are greyish fuscous, with profuse hoary speckling and a dark fuscous elongate spot on the costa before the middle, which is preceded and followed by some hoary whitish scaling, of which there is also a slight patch at the commencement of the costal cilia. The hindwings are brownish grey. The larvae feed on Rhizophora mangel.
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Prey / Diet

Rhizophora mangle (American mangrove)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0