Eocompsoctena, Ngô-Muller & Engel & Nel & Nel, 2020

Ngô-Muller, Valerie, Engel, Michael S., Nel, Andre & Nel, Jacques, 2020, First fossil Eriocottidae discovered in Eocene Baltic amber (Insecta: Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 4834 (2), pp. 273-282 : 274

Genus Eocompsoctena gen. nov.

Type species. Eocompsoctena macroptera sp. nov.

Etymology. The new genus-group name is a combination of the prefix from Eocene and the generic name Compsoctena Zeller, 1852 type genus of the subfamily. The gender of the name is considered to be feminine.

Diagnosis. i) ocelli absent; ii) pecten on scape; iii) proboscis short, uncoiled and serrate; iv) maxillary palpus as long as proboscis and first labial palpomere; v) labial palpus with three palpomeres and ventral scale brush, third palpomere as long as second palpomere, longer than first palpomere; vi) ten veins arising separately from discal cell, all simple; vii) ac and ic present; viii) CuP elongate, surpassing level of discal cell apex, but not reaching wing margin; ix) hind wing ic present, shorter than that of forewing, x) six simple veins arising separately from discal cell; xi) epiphysis quite slender, arising from proximal half of tibia and extending beyond distal end of tibia; xii) tibial spur formula 0-1-2.