''Compsoctena'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Eriocottidae
Eriocottidae or Old World spiny-winged moths is a family of insects in the order Lepidoptera whose position relative to other members of the superfamily Tineoidea is currently unknown. There are two subfamilies, Compsocteninae and Eriocottinae.
...
. It was erected by
Philipp Christoph Zeller
Philipp Christoph Zeller (8 April 1808 – 27 March 1883) was a German entomologist.
Zeller was born at Steinheim an der Murr, Württemberg, two miles from Marbach, the birthplace of Schiller. The family moved to Frankfurt (Oder) where Ph ...
in 1852.
Species
* ''
Compsoctena aedifica''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Compsoctena aethalea''
Meyrick, 1907
* ''
Compsoctena africanella
''Compsoctena africanella'' is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Strand in 1909. It is found in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia
Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked ...
''
Strand, 1909
* ''
Compsoctena agria''
Meyrick, 1909
* ''
Compsoctena araeopis''
Meyrick, 1926
* ''
Compsoctena autoderma''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena barbarella''
Walker, 1856
* ''
Compsoctena brachyctenis''
Meyrick, 1909
* ''
Compsoctena brandbergensis''
Mey, 2007
* ''
Compsoctena byrseis''
(Meyrick, 1934)
* ''
Compsoctena connexalis''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Compsoctena cossinella''
Walker, 1866
* ''
Compsoctena cossusella''
Walker, 1856
* ''
Compsoctena cyclatma''
Meyrick, 1908
* ''
Compsoctena dehradunensis''
Pathania & Rose, 2004
* ''
Compsoctena delocrossa''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena dermatodes''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena expers''
Meyrick, 1911
* ''
Compsoctena fossoria''
Meyrick, 1920
* ''
Compsoctena furciformis''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena himachalensis''
Pathania & Rose, 2004
* ''
Compsoctena indecorella''
Walker, 1856
* ''
Compsoctena intermediella''
Walker, 1866
* ''
Compsoctena invariella''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Compsoctena isopetra''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena kaokoveldi''
Mey, 2011
* ''
Compsoctena leucoconis''
Meyrick, 1926
* ''
Compsoctena lycophanes''
Meyrick, 1924
* ''
Compsoctena media''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Compsoctena melitoplaca''
Meyrick, 1927
* ''
Compsoctena microctenis''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena minor''
Walsingham, 1866
* ''
Compsoctena montana''
Dierl, 1970
* ''
Compsoctena niphocosma''
(Meyrick, 1934)
* ''
Compsoctena numeraria''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena ochrastis''
Meyrick, 1937
* ''
Compsoctena ostracitis''
Meyrick, 1913
* ''
Compsoctena pantherina''
Sobczyk, 2012
* ''
Compsoctena pinguis''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena primella''
Zeller, 1852
* ''
Compsoctena psammosticha''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena quassa''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena reductella''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Compsoctena robinsoni''
Pathania & Rose, 2004
* ''
Compsoctena rudis''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena rustica''
Strand, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena scriba''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena secundella''
Walsingham, 1897
* ''
Compsoctena similis''
Dierl, 1970
* ''
Compsoctena spilophanes''
Meyrick, 1921
* ''
Compsoctena susurrans''
(Meyrick, 1911)
* ''
Compsoctena talarodes''
Meyrick, 1927
* ''
Compsoctena taprobana''
Walsingham, 1887
* ''
Compsoctena terrestris''
Meyrick, 1914
* ''
Compsoctena thwaitesii''
Walsingham, 1887
* ''
Compsoctena ursulella''
Walker, 1863
* ''
Compsoctena vilis''
Walker, 1865
References
* , 1970: Compsoctenidae: Ein neues Taxon von Familienstatus (Lepitoptera). ''Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München'', 014: 1- 41. Full article
* , 2011: New and little known species of Lepidoptera of southwestern Africa. ''Esperiana Buchreihe zur Entomologie Memoir'' 6: 146-261.
* , 2012: ''Compsoctena pantherina'' sp. n. - eine neue Art der Eriocottidae aus Südostasien (Lepidoptera). ''Entomofauna'' 33 (1): 173-180.
Compsoctena,
Eriocottidae
Moth genera
{{Eriocottidae-stub