Exaeretia ascetica

Exaeretia ascetica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species: E. ascetica
Binomial name
Exaeretia ascetica
(Meyrick, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria ascetica Meyrick, 1926

Exaeretia ascetica is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by 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]

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