''Nites maculatella'' is a
moth in the family
Depressariidae. It was described by
August Busck
Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...
in 1908.
It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from
Vermont,
Ontario,
Pennsylvania,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Kentucky,
Maine,
Maryland and
West Virginia.
The
wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are ochreous white, suffused with brown and irrorated (speckled) and streaked with blackish fuscous, with much ochreous scaling. There is a transverse blackish fuscous line at the extreme base, from the costa to the inner angle, interrupted at the middle by the white ground color. There is a poorly defined white discal spot at the basal third, preceded by some blackish fuscous scales and there is a similar spot at the end of the cell. Between the two is a conspicuous longitudinal, blackish-fuscous streak. Veins nine and ten are strongly marked with blackish fuscous and the bases of the other veins less conspicuously so. There is a blackish-fuscous spot on the costa, about the middle and a series of blackish-fuscous spots from the apical third of the costa, around the termen to the inner margin. The hindwings are whitish fuscous, darker apically.
The larvae feed on ''
Carpinus caroliniana''.
''Nites''
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
References
Moths described in 1908
Nites
{{Depressariinae-stub