Perimede parilis

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Perimede parilis is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1969. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arkansas and Illinois.{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/cosmopterigidae/chrysopeleiinae/perimede/#parilis |title=Perimede parilis Hodges, 1969 |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1597 |title=420303.00 – 1597 – Stilbosis quadricustatella – (Chambers, 1880) |website=North American Moth Photographers Group |publisher=Mississippi State University |accessdate=January 18, 2019}}

The wingspan is 8–12 mm. Adults are dark gray black. The forewings have a yellowish-white patch in the costal scales just before the apex. There are a few whitish scales on the apical one-fifth of wing and an incomplete V shape of whitish scales connecting white spots at three-fourths the length of the wing.{{cite journal |last=Hodges |first=Ronald W. |authorlink=Ronald W. Hodges |date=1969 |url=http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_lo/SCTZ-0018.pdf |title= Nearctic Walshiidae: Notes and New Taxa (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) |journal=Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology |number=18}}{{PD-notice}} Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.

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  • {{cite web |last1=Pitkin |first1=Brian |last2=Jenkins |first2=Paul |name-list-style=amp |url=http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Arctiidae&sort=GENUS |title=Search results Family: Arctiidae |website=Butterflies and Moths of the World |publisher=Natural History Museum, London}}

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Category:Moths described in 1969

Category:Chrysopeleiinae

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