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Peritornenta lissopis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Depressariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Peritornenta

Peritornenta lissopis is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. The forewings are leaden grey with numerous fuscous dots on the veins. The costal edge is pale rosy and there is a small irregular brownish patch strigulated with fuscous on the costa beyond the middle, sometimes a similar sub-basal patch on the dorsum. The hindwings are whitish ochreous.

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Peritornenta lissopis Wikipedia