Exaeretia gracilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Exaeretia |
Species: | E. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Exaeretia gracilis (
Walsingham, 1889)
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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]
Exaeretia gracilis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Depressariidae |
Genus: | Exaeretia |
Species: | E. gracilis
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Binomial name | |
Exaeretia gracilis (
Walsingham, 1889)
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Synonyms | |
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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]