Palinorsa raptans

Palinorsa raptans
Scientific classification
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 Depressariidae family. It was described by 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

^ Palinorsa at funet.fi.
^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (12): 366

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[1] Palinorsa at funet.fi.

[2] Exotic Microlep. 2 (12): 366

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