Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Cosmopterigidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Perimede | |
Perimede parilis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas and Illinois.
The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults are dark grey-black. The forewings have a yellowish white patch in the costal scales just before the apex. There are a few whitish scales on the apical one-fifth of wing and an incomplete V-shape of whitish scales connecting white spots at three-fourths the length of the wing. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.
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