Exaeretia nivalis

Exaeretia nivalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Exaeretia
Species:	E. nivalis
Binomial name
Exaeretia nivalis (Braun, 1921)
Synonyms
Agonopteryx nivalis Braun, 1921 Depressariodes nivalis Martyrhilda jacobi McDunnough, 1944

Exaeretia nivalis is a moth in the family Depressariidae.^[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Montana, Wyoming, Washington, British Columbia and Alberta.^[2][3]

The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are white, with a faint light-brown shade slightly beyond the base, in the inner angle and along the inner margin. There are two discal spots at the basal third and another, larger white-centered discal spot at the end of the cell. There is a series of spots along the costa and around the termen, as well as sparse fuscous to blackish fuscous irrorations over the entire surface of the forewing. The hindwings are white.^[4]

References

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