Exaeretia gracilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species:
E. gracilis
Binomial name
Exaeretia gracilis
(Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria gracilis Walsingham, 1889
  • Martyrhilda gracilis
  • Depressariodes gracilis

Exaeretia gracilis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1889.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from North Dakota to Texas and in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Iowa.[2]

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are straw yellow with dark brown discal spots. There is a series of six or seven dark brown spots from the costa, just before the apex around termen. The hindwings are pale greyish fuscous.[3]

The larvae feed on Ambrosia psilostachya.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Exaeretia gracilis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82
  4. ↑ "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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