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)
Synonyms
	Onceroptila eremonoma A.F. Braun, 1948; Annettenia eremonoma;

Perittia eremonoma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the United States 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 gray tips of scales. The hindwings and underside of the wings are gray.^[2]

References

^ mothphotographersgroup
^ Lauri Kaila (1995). "A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49 (3): 208–222.

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[1] thphotographersgroup

[2] Lauri Kaila (1995). "A revision of the North American Perittia (=Onceroptila), with first nearctic records of the genus Mendesia (Elachistidae)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 49 (3): 208–222.

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