Crasimorpha peragrata

Crasimorpha peragrata is a moth in the family Gelechiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[1] It is found in French Guiana.[2]

Crasimorpha peragrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Crasimorpha
Species:
C. peragrata
Binomial name
Crasimorpha peragrata
Meyrick, 1923

The wingspan is about 23 mm. The forewings are light fuscous, mostly irregularly overlaid with white suffusion, especially towards the costal and dorsal areas there are a few scattered blackish scales. There is a slender irregular blackish streak along the fold mostly edged with white beneath, and a similar longitudinal streak from the middle of the disc to the termen, a similar streak above the posterior portion of this, as well as a blackish longitudinal streak between these two towards the termen, and a subdorsal one on the posterior half. An elongate dark fuscous mark is found on the middle of the costa. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Crasimorpha peragrata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku (February 12, 2015). "Crasimorpha peragrata Meyrick, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. Exotic Microlepidoptera. 3 (1-2): 33.


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