Perissomastix nigerica is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in Nigeria. It was described by Hungarian entomologist László Anthony Gozmány in 1967.[1]
| Perissomastix nigerica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Perissomastix |
| Species: | P. nigerica
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| Binomial name | |
| Perissomastix nigerica Gozmány, 1967
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This species has a wingspan of about 15 mm. Thorax and forewings are argillaceous with a light greyish suffusion and no pattern. The hindwings are medium grey.[2]
References
edit- ^ Bálint, Zsolt; Katona, Gergely; Kun, Andras (2011). "The scientific publications of Dr László Gozmány (1921-2006) on Lepidoptera with a revised bibliography and an annotated list of taxon names he proposed". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 103: 373–428 (385, 412). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ^ Gozmány L. A., 1967b. A collection of Tineid moths from Nigeria. — Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 79(): 145–147.
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