''Compsoctena ursulella'' 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 w ...

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 1863. It is found in

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

. Adults are cinereous (ash gray), the forewings with diffuse black speckles and slightly rounded at the tips.Walker, F. 1863c. ''List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum''. Part XXVIII.– Tortricites & Tineites; p. 516

References

Moths described in 1863 Compsoctena Lepidoptera of West Africa {{Eriocottidae-stub