Perittia pachyzona

Perittia pachyzona
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Perittia
Species:	P. pachyzona
Binomial name
	Perittia pachyzona; (Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
	Phthinostoma pachyzona Meyrick, 1921;

Perittia pachyzona is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa.^[1]

The wingspan is about 7 mm. The forewings are white irregularly speckled with black and the basal area mixed with grey. There is a broad slightly oblique blackish median fascia, more or less suffused with yellow-ochreous posteriorly except at the extremities, the ground colour clearer white before and beyond this. The second discal stigma is black, surrounded with white, and then by an irregular ring of ochreous suffusion. The hindwings are grey.^[2]

References

^ Afro Moths
^ Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148: p. 114 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Meyrick E. 1921b. Descriptions of South African Micro-Lepidoptera. - Annals of the Transvaal Museum 8(2):49–148: p. 114 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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