Compacta capitalis

Compacta capitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Compacta
Species:	C. capitalis
Binomial name
	Compacta capitalis; (Grote, 1881)
Synonyms
	Botis capitalis Grote, 1881; Polygrammodes posticata Forbes, 1923;

Compacta capitalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1881.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland to Florida, west to Texas and possibly Colorado, north to Illinois.^[2]

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There is a dark apical blotch on both wings. Adults are on wing from May to August.^[3]

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