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Durrantia flaccescens

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMar 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ13598732 ↗
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Durrantia flaccescens is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. It is found in Peru and Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewings are pale whitish ochreous with the second discal stigma faint, suffused and ochreous. The hindwings are pale whitish ochreous.

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Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1925—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Durrantia, flaccescens and species is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Durrantia flaccescens” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.