Perimede purpurescens

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| taxon = Perimede purpurescens

| authority = Forbes, 1931

| synonyms = *Mompha purpurescens

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Perimede purpurescens is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1931.{{cite journal |last=Forbes |first=Wm. T. M. |date=October 1931 |url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.26151/2015.26151.The-Journal-Of-The-Department-Of-Agriculture-Of-Porto-Rico-Vol-xv-1931#page/n441/mode/1up |title=Supplementary Report on the Heterocera or Moths of Porto Rico |journal=The Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Porto Rico |volume=15 |issue=4 |page=358 |via=Internet Archive}} It is found in Puerto Rico{{LepIndex |id=113948 |name=Mompha purpurescens}} Retrieved April 23, 2018. and Cuba.