Durrantia piperatella

Durrantia piperatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Durrantia
Species: D. piperatella
Binomial name
Durrantia piperatella
(Zeller, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Cryptolechia piperatella Zeller, 1873
  • Durrantia montivola Meyrick, 1927

Durrantia piperatella is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1873. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.[1][2]

The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white, with two or three grey specks only, sometimes two or three others on the termen, the extreme costal edge yellow-ochreous from the base to the origin of the cilia, greyish at the base. The hindwings are pale whitish-ochreous.[3]

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