Perittia farinella

Perittia farinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine).

Perittia farinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Perittia
Species:
P. farinella
Binomial name
Perittia farinella
(Thunberg, 1794)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea farinella Thunberg, 1794
  • Mendesia farinella
  • Mendesia subargentella Dattin, 1932

The wingspan is 12–14 mm.[2]

The larvae probably feed on a species of the family Boraginaceae.

References
  1. "Perittia farinella (Thunberg, 1794)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine


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