Perittia piperatella
| Perittia piperatella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Perittia |
| Species: | P. piperatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Perittia piperatella (Staudinger, 1859) | |
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Perittia piperatella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm.
The larvae feed on Cistus ladanifer. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from November to March.
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