Crasimorpha peragrata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Crasimorpha |
| Species: | C. peragrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Crasimorpha peragrata Meyrick, 1923
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The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, mostly irregularly overlaid with white suffusion, especially towards the costal and dorsal areas there are a few scattered blackish scales. There is a slender irregular blackish streak along the fold mostly edged with white beneath, and a similar longitudinal streak from the middle of the disc to the termen, a similar streak above the posterior portion of this, as well as a blackish longitudinal streak between these two towards the termen, and a subdorsal one on the posterior half. An elongate dark fuscous mark is found on the middle of the costa. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Crasimorpha peragrata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Crasimorpha peragrata Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 33.
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