Exaeretia gracilis

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Exaeretia gracilis
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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 gracilisWalsingham, 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]

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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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms