Nites grotella
| Nites grotella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Nites |
| Species: | N. grotella |
| Binomial name | |
| Nites grotella (Robinson, 1870) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nites grotella, the hazel leaftier moth, is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Robinson in 1870.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to New York, as well as in Manitoba and Ontario.[2]
The wingspan is 20-23 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, with a broad costal streak from the base to three-fourth, suffusedly mixed with white. The base of the dorsal edge is white, edged above with blackish suffusion. The discal stigmata is white, first forming an oblique mark, the second dot-like. Both are more or less edged by blackish and connected by an elongate blackish spot. There are blackish streaks between veins two and twelve, the uppermost terminating in a blackish spot on the middle of the costa. The next three are strong, interrupted by a sharply angulated whitish shade running from beyond the middle of the costa to four-fifth of the dorsum, others are slenderer, not continued beyond this shade or only by some scattered scales. There is a marginal series of irregular backish dots round the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish, slightly sprinkled pale grey posteriorly.[3]
The larvae feed on Alnus rugosa and Betula lutea.[4]
References
- ↑ "LepIndex". nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup
- ↑ Exotic Microlep. 2 (7): 223
- ↑ Nites at funet