Compsoctena quassa

Compsoctena quassa is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.^[1] It is found in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.^[2]

Compsoctena quassa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocottidae
Genus:	Compsoctena
Species:	C. quassa
Binomial name
Compsoctena quassa (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
Melasina quassa Meyrick, 1921

The wingspan is about 31 mm. The forewings are grey, closely and suffusedly reticulated with dark fuscous irroration (sprinkles) and with a few grey-whitish scales, as well as obscure irregular spots of dark fuscous suffusion placed as a stigmata, the plical somewhat beyond the first discal. The hindwings are rather dark grey.^[3]