Exaeretia sordidella is a moth in the family Depressariidae.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from British Columbia.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Exaeretia |
| Species: | E. sordidella
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| Binomial name | |
| Exaeretia sordidella (Clarke, 1941)
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The wingspan is 18–21 mm. The forewings are sordid whitish, irrorated with dull golden yellow and brown. There is a series of indistinct brownish spots from the apical third of the costa around the termen to the inner margin. These spots are mixed with a few dull golden-yellow scales. There is a brown discal spot at the basal third, with an elongate dull golden-yellow patch below it in the fold. There is also a conspicuous brown discal spot at the end of the cell. The hindwings are smoky fuscous.[4]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Exaeretia sordidella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ "Exaeretia Stainton, 1849" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum 90 (3107): 82
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