''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 ''Compsoctena dehradunensis'' is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Pathania and Rose in 2004. It is found in Uttarakhand, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List o ...

'' Pathania & Rose, 2004 * '' Compsoctena delocrossa'' Meyrick, 1921 * '' Compsoctena dermatodes'' Meyrick, 1914 * '' Compsoctena expers'' Meyrick, 1911 * ''

Compsoctena fossoria ''Compsoctena fossoria'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in South Africa. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to t ...

'' Meyrick, 1920 * ''

Compsoctena furciformis ''Compsoctena furciformis'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from o ...

'' Meyrick, 1921 * ''

Compsoctena himachalensis ''Compsoctena himachalensis'' is a moth in the Eriocottidae family. It was described by Pathania and Rose in 2004. It is found in India (Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is ...

'' Pathania & Rose, 2004 * ''

Compsoctena indecorella ''Compsoctena indecorella'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in India. Adults are cinereous (ash grey) brown, the forewings very minutely blackish speckled. The hindwings are more cine ...

'' Walker, 1856 * ''

Compsoctena intermediella ''Compsoctena intermediella'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and ...

'' Walker, 1866 * ''

Compsoctena invariella ''Compsoctena invariella'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dep ...

'' Walker, 1863 * ''

Compsoctena isopetra ''Compsoctena isopetra'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one ...

'' Meyrick, 1921 * ''

Compsoctena kaokoveldi ''Compsoctena kaokoveldi'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 2011. It is found in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders in ...

'' Mey, 2011 * ''

Compsoctena leucoconis ''Compsoctena leucoconis'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its border ...

'' Meyrick, 1926 * ''

Compsoctena lycophanes ''Compsoctena lycophanes'' is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1924. It is found in South Africa, where it has been recorded from the Western Cape The Western Cape ( ; , ) is a provinces of South Afri ...

'' 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