Exaeretia significa is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. It is found in Ecuador.[1]

Exaeretia significa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Exaeretia
Species:
E. significa
Binomial name
Exaeretia significa
(Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Depressaria significa Meyrick, 1915

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. The forewings are brownish mixed with grey, the tips of the scales very finely whitish, with scattered blackish scales tending to form blackish-grey strigulae, the costa and dorsum distinctly strigulated with blackish. The first discal stigma is black, just beyond and beneath it is a short black dash edged above with whitish, the second discal white ringed with blackish, the plical very small, black and beneath the first discal. The hindwings are light grey, darker towards the apex and with the veins darker.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Exaeretia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1915 (2): 211   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.