Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Depressariidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Peritornenta | |
Peritornenta gennaea is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. It is found in Fiji.
The wingspan is about 15 mm. The forewings are whitish closely irrorated grey and with scattered small black dots, especially a subcostal and subdorsal series posteriorly, and on the veins towards the termen. The veins are white lined near the termen and there is a short streak of pinkish suffusion on the fold beneath the middle of the wing, as well as a subcrescentic blackish mark on the end of the cell, beyond this a cloudy blotch of darker grey irroration suffused pinkish. There is also a suffused darker grey semi-oval blotch on the costa somewhat beyond the middle and a curved-angulated whitish shade at three-fourths, followed by some darker grey suffusion with a slight pinkish tinge. The hindwings are grey.