Exaeretia fulvus is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1882.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from New Brunswick and Maine to British Columbia, south to Arizona and New Mexico.[2][3]

Exaeretia fulvus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species:
E. fulvus
Binomial name
Exaeretia fulvus
(Walsingham, 1882)
Synonyms
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  • Depressaria fulva Walsingham, 1882
  • Exaeretia fulva
  • Depressariodes fulvus
  • Depressariodes fulva
  • Martyrhilda fulva
  • Depressaria endryopa Meyrick, 1918

Description

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The wingspan is 16–20 mm. The forewings are tawny red, irrorated with fuscous and with a large fuscous shade at the end of the cell. In the center of this shade is a white discal spot. There is also a small transverse whitish patch at the extreme base of the wing on the inner angle. The veins beyond the cell are marked with fuscous scales. Hindwings are greyish fuscous.[4]

References

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  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Exaeretia fulva". 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 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.