Nites grotella

Nites grotella, the hazel leaftier moth, is a moth in the Depressariidae family. It was described by Robinson in 1870.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Nova Scotia to New York, as well as in Manitoba and Ontario.^[2]

The wingspan is 20–23 mm. The forewings are greyish-ochreous or light fuscous, with a broad costal streak from the base to three-fourth, suffusedly mixed with white. The base of the dorsal edge is white, edged above with blackish suffusion. The discal stigmata is white, first forming an oblique mark, the second dot-like. Both are more or less edged by blackish and connected by an elongate blackish spot. There are blackish streaks between veins two and twelve, the uppermost terminating in a blackish spot on the middle of the costa. The next three are strong, interrupted by a sharply angulated whitish shade running from beyond the middle of the costa to four-fifth of the dorsum, others are slenderer, not continued beyond this shade or only by some scattered scales. There is a marginal series of irregular backish dots round the posterior part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are whitish, slightly sprinkled pale grey posteriorly.^[3]

The larvae feed on Alnus rugosa and Betula lutea.^[4]

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