Exaeretia nivalis

Exaeretia nivalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species: E. nivalis
Binomial name
Exaeretia nivalis
(Braun, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Agonopteryx nivalis Braun, 1921
  • Depressariodes nivalis
  • Martyrhilda jacobi McDunnough, 1944

Exaeretia nivalis is a moth in the Depressariidae family.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Montana, Wyoming, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta.[2][3]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are white, with a faint light-brown shade slightly beyond the base, in the inner angle and along the inner margin. There are two discal spots at the basal third and another, larger white-centered discal spot at the end of the cell. There is a series of spots along the costa and around the termen, as well as sparse fuscous to blackish fuscous irrorations over the entire surface of the forewing. The hindwings are white.[4]

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