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Pyramidobela compulsa

Pyramidobela compulsa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is found in southern Chile.

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Pyramidobela compulsa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Pyramidobela
Species:
P. compulsa
Binomial name
Pyramidobela compulsa
Meyrick, 1931

Pyramidobela compulsa is a moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is found in southern Chile.

The length of the forewings is about 9.5 mm (0.37 in). 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.1

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  1. Powell, Jerry (1973). "A Systematic Monograph of New World Ethmiid Moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (120). Retrieved 12 June 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.