Compsoctena fossoria

Compsoctena fossoria is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920.^[1] It is found in South Africa.^[2]

Compsoctena fossoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. fossoria
Binomial name
Compsoctena fossoria (Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
Melasina fossoria Meyrick, 1920

The wingspan is 19–21 mm. The forewings are grey, much suffused with whitish. There is a basal fascia of dark fuscous suffused irroration (sprinkling), continued as a broad streak along the costa to two-fifths, thence rather obliquely across the wing to near the dorsum, again angulated and continued to near the costa at four-fifths, with a branch to the tornus. A similar spot is found on the costa beyond the middle, and three or four small spots on the costa posteriorly. The hindwings are light fuscous grey.^[3]