Peritornenta lissopis

Peritornenta lissopis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1947. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

Peritornenta lissopis
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P. lissopis
Binomial name
Peritornenta lissopis
(Turner, 1947)
Synonyms
  • Peritorneuta lissopis Turner, 1947

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.[2]

References

  1. Peritornenta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 72 (3-4): 156


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