Perittia eremonoma

Perittia eremonoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Perittia
Species: P. eremonoma
Binomial name
Perittia eremonoma
(A.F. Braun, 1948)[1]
Synonyms
  • Onceroptila eremonoma A.F. Braun, 1948
  • Annettenia eremonoma

Perittia eremonoma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Oregon, Utah, Nebraska and Colorado to California.

The length of the forewings is 4-4.5 mm. The forewings are whitish, densely mottled with dark grey tips of scales. The hindwings and underside of the wings are gray.[2]

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