Durrantia piperatella

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

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

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]

References
  1. Durrantia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. mothphotographersgroup
  3. Description of Durrantia montivola in Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (12): 364


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