''Compsoctena pinguis'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

in 1914. It is found in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

and China.

Subspecies

*''Compsoctena pinguis pinguis'' *''Compsoctena pinguis insularis'' Dierl, 1970 (China: Hainan) *''Compsoctena pinguis scoriopis'' (Meyrick, 1934) (China: Hebei)

References

Moths described in 1914 Compsoctena Moths of Asia Moths of Taiwan {{Eriocottidae-stub