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Exaeretia gracilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Exaeretia
Species:	E. gracilis
Binomial name
Exaeretia gracilis (Walsingham, 1889)
Synonyms
Depressaria gracilis Walsingham, 1889 Martyrhilda gracilis Depressariodes gracilis

Exaeretia gracilis is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1889. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from North Dakota to Texas and in California, Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Iowa.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are straw yellow with dark brown discal spots. There is a series of six or seven dark brown spots from the costa, just before the apex around termen. The hindwings are pale greyish fuscous.

The larvae feed on Ambrosia psilostachya.

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Exaeretia gracilis​". 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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