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Palinorsa raptans

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Palinorsa raptans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Palinorsa
Species:
P. raptans
Binomial name
Palinorsa raptans
(Meyrick, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Orsotricha raptans Meyrick, 1920

Palinorsa raptans is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in Peru and Brazil (Amazonas).[1]

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with violet iridescence and a suffused dark fuscous median longitudinal streak from the base to the apex, and one along the fold to a spot beneath the middle of the wing followed by a white dot, between these a band of greyish-violet suffusion extends to the termen. There is a transverse suffused dark fuscous spot from the upper margin of the median streak at three-fifths. The hindwings are grey, paler and subhyaline towards the base.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Palinorsa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 2 (12): 366 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.