Perittia farinella

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

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).

The wingspan is 12-14 mm.^[2]

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

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ microlepidoptera.nl

External links

• lepiforum.de

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