''Ifeda perobtusa'' is a species of

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Batrachedridae The Batrachedridae are a small family of tiny moths. These are small, slender moths which rest with their wings wrapped tightly around their bodies. Taxonomy The taxonomy of this and related groups is often disputed. This group was first propos ...

. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, British Guiana and Peru. Hodges, 1966. Review of New World Species of Batrachedra with Description of Three New Genera (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Its alar expense is 8-10mm. The larvae feed on the flowers of palm species.

References

Moths described in 1922 Batrachedridae {{Batrachedridae-stub