''Compsoctena melitoplaca'' is a
moth 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
Edward Meyrick in 1927. It is found in
South Africa.
References
Moths described in 1927
Compsoctena
Lepidoptera of South Africa
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