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Compsolechia niphocentra

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Compsolechia niphocentra is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1922. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas) and Peru. The wingspan is 12-14 mm. The forewings are dark grey, slightly whitish-speckled and with a small black spot towards the costa at the base. There is a round black spot on the fold at one-fifth. The stigmata are indicated by whitish dots, sometimes little apparent, the plical beneath the first discal. An oblique white strigula is found from the costa at three-fourths, where a fine incomplete line of white scales runs to the dorsum before the tornus, acutely angulated in the middle, often little marked above this, rather incurved on the lower half. There is a roundish blackish spot near the costa before the apex, usually edged white above, and four whi
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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