Exaeretia thoracenigraeella

Exaeretia thoracenigraeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species: E. thoracenigraeella
Binomial name
Exaeretia thoracenigraeella
(Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Gelechia thoracenigraeella Chambers, 1875
  • Depressariodes thoracenigraeella
  • Martyrhilda thoracenigraeella
  • Depressaria novimundi Walsingham, 1881
  • Depressaria thoracinigrella Meyrick, 1922

Exaeretia thoracenigraeella is a moth in the Depressariidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Oregon.[2][3]

The wingspan is 16-20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-grey, with a blackish fuscous base. There is a fuscous shade from the costa to the middle of the cell, edged above and below with brown and preceded by a conspicuous outwardly oblique black dash. There is a series of greyish-fuscous spots on the costa and around the termen. The hindwings are brownish fuscous.[4]

References

  1. ↑ LepIndex
  2. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  3. ↑ Exaeretia at funet
  4. ↑ Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 90 (3107) : 82
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