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Ornate Compacta Moth
Compacta capitalis
Compacta capitalis is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Grote in 1881. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Maryland to Florida, west to Texas and possibly Colorado, north to Illinois.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 417094.