Perittia piperatella (Staudinger, 1859) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Lepidoptera family Elachistidae genus Perittia species Perittia piperatella Name Synonyms Elachista piperatella Staudinger, 1859 Mendesia joannisiella Mendes, 1909 Homonyms Perittia piperatella (Staudinger, 1859)