Perittia farinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Norway, the Iberian Peninsula, most of the Balkan Peninsula, Slovakia, Romania and Ukraine).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Perittia |
| Species: | P. farinella
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| Perittia farinella | |
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The larvae probably feed on a species of the family Boraginaceae.
References
edit- ^ "Perittia farinella (Thunberg, 1794)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- ^ microlepidoptera.nl Archived 2014-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
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