Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852

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Higher taxa:	Eriocottidae (family)/  Compsocteninae (subfamily)/  Compsoctena (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Zeller, 1852
Citation:	[Compsoctena] Primella
Original genus:	Compsoctena
Publication:	Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit.
Journal:	Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Nye Handlingar
Volume:	(Ser. 3) 40
Issue:
Pagination:	87–88
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34531731

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	Lectotype	♂	SNHM	Lectotype ♂, designated by P. Viette (1955e: 532), genitalia slide P. Viette 2861♂, SNHM	South Africa	[South Africa], "Habitat in tractibus fluviorum Gariepis et Limpoponem", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.	Viette P. 1955e. Un nouveau Cosside de Madagascar. page 87–88
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	Lectotype	unknown	NHMUK	Paralectotype (see W. Dierl 1970: 16), NHMUK.	South Africa	[South Africa], "Habitat in tractibus fluviorum Gariepis et Limpoponem", leg. J. A. Wahlberg.	Viette P. 1955e. Un nouveau Cosside de Madagascar. page 87–88

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	South Africa		Zeller P. C. 1852b. Lepidoptera Microptera, quae J. A. Wahlberg in Caffrorum terra collegit. page 88
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	South Africa	Western Cape	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 36
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal	Pinhey E. C. G. 1975. Moths of southern Africa. Descriptions and colour illustrations of 1183 species. page 36
Compsoctena primella Zeller, 1852	South Africa	Eastern Cape	Mey W. & Sobczyk T. 2019. Eriocottidae (Tineoidea). – In: Mey W. & Krüger M. (Eds), The Lepidoptera fauna of a crater valley in the Great Escarpment of South Africa: The Asante Sana Project. page 120

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Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Compsoctena inquinatalis (Walker, 1863)	(Walker, 1863)	species	Synonym	Tissa inquinatalis
Compsoctena inquinitalis (Pinhey, 1975)	(Pinhey, 1975)	species	Misapplied	Tissa inquinitalis
Compsoctena natalana (Walker, 1864)	(Walker, 1864)	species	Synonym	Thapava natalana
Compsoctena subauratana (Walker, 1866)	(Walker, 1866)	species	Synonym	Galaria subauratana