Compsoctena Indecorella
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''Compsoctena indecorella'' is a
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 ...
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 described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in
India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...
. Adults are cinereous (ash grey) brown, the forewings very minutely blackish speckled. The hindwings are more
cinereous Cinereous is a colour, meaning ashy grey in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a grey colour tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin , from (wood ashes). The first recorded use of ''cinereous'' as a col ...
, very minutely brown speckled.Walker, F. 1863. ''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum''. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 515


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Moths described in 1856 Compsoctena Moths of Asia {{Eriocottidae-stub