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Perittia piperatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Perittia
Species:	P. piperatella
Binomial name
	Perittia piperatella; (Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
	Elachista piperatella Staudinger, 1859; Polymetis piperatella; Mendesia joannisiella Mendes, 1909;

Perittia piperatella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula.

The wingspan is 8.5–10 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Cistus ladanifer. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3] Larvae can be found from November to March.

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