Exaeretia 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]
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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
- 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.
- mothphotographersgroup
- Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82
- "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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