Palinorsa raptans

Palinorsa raptans is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in Peru and Brazil (Amazonas).

The wingspan is about 28 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with violet iridescence and a suffused dark fuscous median longitudinal streak from the base to the apex, and one along the fold to a spot beneath the middle of the wing followed by a white dot, between these a band of greyish-violet suffusion extends to the termen. There is a transverse suffused dark fuscous spot from the upper margin of the median streak at three-fifths. The hindwings are grey, paler and subhyaline towards the base.