Nites maculatella is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908.[1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Vermont, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland and West Virginia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Nites |
| Species: | N. maculatella
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| Nites maculatella (Busck, 1908)
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The wingspan is 21–23 mm. The forewings are ochreous white, suffused with brown and irrorated (speckled) and streaked with blackish fuscous, with much ochreous scaling. There is a transverse blackish fuscous line at the extreme base, from the costa to the inner angle, interrupted at the middle by the white ground color. There is a poorly defined white discal spot at the basal third, preceded by some blackish fuscous scales and there is a similar spot at the end of the cell. Between the two is a conspicuous longitudinal, blackish-fuscous streak. Veins nine and ten are strongly marked with blackish fuscous and the bases of the other veins less conspicuously so. There is a blackish-fuscous spot on the costa, about the middle and a series of blackish-fuscous spots from the apical third of the costa, around the termen to the inner margin. The hindwings are whitish fuscous, darker apically.[3]
The larvae feed on Carpinus caroliniana.[4]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Nites maculatella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Proceedings of the United States National Museum
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- ^ Nites at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
