Peritornenta lissopis
| Peritornenta lissopis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Peritornenta |
| Species: | P. lissopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Peritornenta lissopis (Turner, 1947) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Peritornenta lissopis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are leaden grey with numerous fuscous dots on the veins. The costal edge is pale rosy and there is a small irregular brownish patch strigulated with fuscous on the costa beyond the middle, sometimes a similar sub-basal patch on the dorsum. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.[2]
References
- ↑ Peritornenta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72 (3-4): 156
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