Perittia infumata

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Perittia infumata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Perittia
Species:
P. infumata
Binomial name
Perittia infumata
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Phthinostoma infumataMeyrick, 1914

Perittia infumata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa. [1]

The wingspan is 6–8 mm. The forewings are grey-whitish irrorated with blackish. There are narrow obscure very oblique fasciae of denser irroration from the costa before and beyond the middle, the latter running to the termen above the tornus. A basal patch and cloudy spot on the fold before the middle are also obscurely defined. The hindwings are grey. [2]

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