''Exaeretia gracilis'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by
Lord Walsingham in 1889. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
North Dakota to
Texas and in
California,
Colorado,
Minnesota,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
,
Wisconsin and
Iowa.
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.
The larvae feed on ''
Ambrosia psilostachya''.
"''Exaeretia'' Stainton, 1849"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
References
Moths described in 1889
Exaeretia
Moths of North America
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