Compsoctena autoderma is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.[1] It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocottidae |
| Genus: | Compsoctena |
| Species: | C. autoderma
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| Compsoctena autoderma (Meyrick, 1914)
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The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are fuscous, or brownish ochreous tinged with fuscous, especially towards the base of the costa, usually with very indistinct scattered darker fuscous strigulae. There is a very indistinct darker fuscous transverse mark on the upper angle of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Compsoctena autoderma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Compsoctena autoderma (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
- ^ Annals of the South African Museum. 10 (8): 253.
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