Exaeretia ascetica

Species of moth

Exaeretia ascetica

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Depressariidae
Genus:  | Exaeretia
Species:  |

E. ascetica

Binomial name
Exaeretia ascetica

(Meyrick, 1926)

Synonyms

* Depressaria ascetica Meyrick, 1926

Exaeretia ascetica is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1926. It is found in Colombia.[1]

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous, slightly sprinkled grey, streaked posteriorly between the veins with dull flesh colour and with a dark grey dot on the base of the costa, as well as a few dots of blackish scales on some veins on the costal half. The discal stigmata are blackish and there is a marginal series of dark grey dots around the apical part of the costa and termen. The hindwings are pale greyish.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Exaeretia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
2. ^ Exotic Microlepidoptera 3 (10): 311 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Taxon identifiers

Exaeretia ascetica|

* Wikidata: Q13631772
* EoL: 937489
* GBIF: 1839273
* IRMNG: 10255993
* LepIndex: 108702
* Open Tree of Life: 3229442

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