Biology:Perittia cygnodiella
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Short description: Species of moth
| Perittia cygnodiella | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Perittia |
| Species: | P. cygnodiella
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| Binomial name | |
| Perittia cygnodiella (Busck, 1921)[1]
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Perittia cygnodiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from British Columbia and Alberta through Washington to California .
The length of the forewings is 3.5-5.5 mm. The forewings are gray with an elongate dark spot in the middle of the wing. This spot is surrounded by bluish-white scales, forming an irregular light patch. The hindwings are gray, basally often lighter.[2]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perittia cygnodiella. |
- ↑ 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. http://research.yale.edu/peabody/jls/pdfs/1990s/1995/1995-49(3)208-Kaila.pdf.[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
Wikidata ☰ Q7168888 entry
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