Catephia compsotrephes

Catephia compsotrephes is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1932.[1] It is found in north-western Australia.[2]

Catephia compsotrephes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Catephia
Species:
C. compsotrephes
Binomial name
Catephia compsotrephes
Turner, 1932

The wingspan is about 46 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a few bluish-white scales. There is an obscurely darker transverse line, as well as two obscure dark spots in the middle, arranged transversely. There is also a blackish line from the costa obliquely outwards, describing a rounded curve in the disc, thence sinuate inwards to the dorsum. The hindwings are white with a broad fuscous terminal band containing three elongate white spots, as well as a white streak on the apex.[3]

References
  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Catephia compsotrephes Turner 1932". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 26, 2016.
  2. Savela, Markku (September 3, 2017). "Catephia compsotrephes Turner, 1932". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
  3. Turner, Jefferis A. (1931). "New Australian Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings Royal Society South Australia. 56: 175-196.


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