Compsolechia mangelivora is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Walsingham in 1897. It is found in the West Indies, where it has been recorded from St. Thomas[1] and Puerto Rico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Compsolechia |
| Species: | C. mangelivora
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| Binomial name | |
| Compsolechia mangelivora (Walsingham, 1897)
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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.[2]
References edit
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1897 : 80
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