Perzelia arda

Perzelia arda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Perzelia
Clarke, 1978
Species: P. arda
Binomial name
Perzelia arda
Clarke, 1978

Perzelia arda is a moth in the Depressariidae family, and the only species in the genus Perzelia. It was described by Clarke in 1978 and is found in Chile.[1]

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are sordid white, basally with some pale ocherous suffusion and with the extreme edge of the costa, at the base, fuscous. The hindwings are pale greyish, darker toward the margins.[2]

References

  1. Perzelia arda at funet.fi.
  2. J. F. Gates Clarke (1978). Neotropical Microlepidoptera, XXI: New Genera and Species of Oecophoridae from Chile (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology • Number 273. Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 14. Retrieved 15 December 2017.


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