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Perittia farinella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Elachistidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Perittia

Perittia farinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine).

The wingspan is 12–14 mm.

The larvae probably feed on a species of the Boraginaceae family.

References

Perittia farinella Wikipedia