Perittia eremonoma is a moth of the family Elachistidae described by Annette Frances Braun in 1948. It is found in the United States from Oregon, Utah, Nebraska and Colorado to California.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Perittia |
Species: | P. eremonoma
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Binomial name | |
Perittia eremonoma | |
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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
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- ^ "421359.00 – 1078 – Annettenia eremonoma – (Braun, 1948)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
- ^ 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.[permanent dead link]