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Mompha parilis

Synonyms: Perimede parilis

Wikipedia Abstract

Perimede parilis is a moth in the Cosmopterigidae family. It was described by Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas and Illinois. The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults are dark grey-black. The forewings have a yellowish white patch in the costal scales just before the apex. There are a few whitish scales on the apical one-fifth of wing and an incomplete V-shape of whitish scales connecting white spots at three-fourths the length of the wing. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.
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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