''Pyramidobela compulsa'' 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
Oecophoridae. It is found in southern
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
.
The length of the forewings is about . The ground color of the forewings is whitish ocherous irregularly suffused with brownish. The ground color of the hindwings is gray-whitish. Adults have been recorded in December.
References
Moths described in 1931
Oecophoridae
Endemic fauna of Chile
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