Exaeretia mesosceptra

Exaeretia mesosceptra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Exaeretia
Species:	E. mesosceptra
Binomial name
	Exaeretia mesosceptra; (Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
	Depressaria mesosceptra Meyrick, 1915;

Exaeretia mesosceptra is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Peru.[1]

The wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, with a few scattered blackish specks and a narrow somewhat irregular-edged median fuscous streak irrorated with blackish almost from the base to the apex but not quite reaching either. The hindwings are whitish grey.[2]

References

Exaeretia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915 (2): 210 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[1] Exaeretia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.

[2] Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915 (2): 210 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.