Perittia cygnodiella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Perittia
Species:
P. cygnodiella
Binomial name
Perittia cygnodiella
(Busck, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aphelosetia cygnodiella Busck, 1921
  • Onceroptila cygnodiella
  • Perittia clarkei Traugott-Olsen, 1995

Perittia cygnodiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from British Columbia and Alberta through Washington to California.

The length of the forewings is 3.5-5.5 mm. The forewings are gray with an elongate dark spot in the middle of the wing. This spot is surrounded by bluish-white scales, forming an irregular light patch. The hindwings are gray, basally often lighter.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Lauri Kaila (1995). "A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49 (3): 208–222.


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