| Exaeretia ascetica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Exaeretia |
| Species: | E. ascetica |
| Binomial name | |
| Exaeretia ascetica (Meyrick, 1926) | |
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Exaeretia ascetica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Colombia.[1]
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, slightly sprinkled grey, streaked posteriorly between the veins with dull flesh colour and with a dark grey dot on the base of the costa, as well as a few dots of blackish scales on some veins on the costal half. The discal stigmata are blackish and there is a marginal series of dark grey dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.[2]
References
- ↑ Exaeretia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (10): 311
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