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Exaeretia thoracefasciella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Exaeretia
Species:	E. thoracefasciella
Binomial name
Exaeretia thoracefasciella (Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
Gelechia thoracefasciella Chambers, 1875 Depressariodes thoracefasciella Martyrhilda thoracefasciella Depressaria thoracifasciella Meyrick, 1922 Martyrhilda sphaeralceae Clarke, 1941

Exaeretia thoracefasciella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California to Washington.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are brownish fuscous sparsely irrorated with whitish ochreous and with the base and basal fourth of costa whitish ochreous. The extreme base of the costa and a shade beyond the whitish-ochreous base are blackish fuscous. The first two discal spots are small and black and there is a conspicuous white or whitish-ochreous discal spot at the end of the cell, surrounded by a blackish-fuscous suffusion. There is a series of poorly defined blackish-fuscous spots along the costa and around the termen. The hindwings are brownish fuscous, but lighter basally.

The larvae feed on Sphaeralcea munroana, Malacothamnus jonesii and Sidalcea species.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Exaeretia thoracefasciella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
2. mothphotographersgroup
3. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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