Peritornenta stigmatias

Peritornenta stigmatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Peritornenta
Species: P. stigmatias
Binomial name
Peritornenta stigmatias
Turner, 1900

Peritornenta stigmatias is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Turner in 1900. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.[1]

The wingspan is 17-19 mm. The forewings are pale-fuscous, with numerous dark-fuscous dots arranged in rows on the veins and a line of dots from the base to the costa beyond the middle. A second row is found from the base to the inner-margin beyond the middle and there are eight rows in the posterior portion of the disc. The hindwings are grey, towards the base whitish.[2]

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