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Peritornenta spilanthes

Wikipedia Abstract

Peritornenta spilanthes is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Fiji. The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are white, strewn with numerous small rather dark brown spots, tending to coalesce in rather oblique or irregular transverse series. The extreme costal edge is white but tinged crimson-rose just beneath the edge. The hindwings are white, the apical edge tinged grey.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0