Compsoctena dermatodes

Compsoctena dermatodes is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.^[1] It is found in South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.^[2]

Compsoctena dermatodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. dermatodes
Binomial name
Compsoctena dermatodes (Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
Melasina dermatodes Meyrick, 1914

The wingspan is 22–24 mm. The forewings are light brownish ochreous, indistinctly strigulated with brownish, sometimes slightly mixed with whitish between the strigulae. There is a fuscous dot on the end of the cell. The hindwings are dark fuscous.^[3]