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Exaeretia thoracenigraeella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Exaeretia
Species:	E. thoracenigraeella
Binomial name
Exaeretia thoracenigraeella (Chambers, 1875)
Synonyms
Gelechia thoracenigraeella Chambers, 1875 Depressariodes thoracenigraeella Martyrhilda thoracenigraeella Depressaria novimundi Walsingham, 1881 Depressaria thoracinigrella Meyrick, 1922

Exaeretia thoracenigraeella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California and Oregon.

The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are pale ochreous-grey, with a blackish fuscous base. There is a fuscous shade from the costa to the middle of the cell, edged above and below with brown and preceded by a conspicuous outwardly oblique black dash. There is a series of greyish-fuscous spots on the costa and around the termen. The hindwings are brownish fuscous.

References

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

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