''Exoteleia graphicella'' is a
moth of the family
Gelechiidae. It is found in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, where it has been recorded from
California.
The
wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are white, with two broad, transverse brown fasciae. One nearly at the base of the wing, the other, which is nearly twice as broad, on the middle of the wing. Both are nearly straight edged and perpendicular on the edge of the wing, though the outer one is slightly concave exteriorly. Both fasciae contain black raised scales, which in the outer fascia form four small tufts, one pair at the basal edge and one pair near the apical edge. The extreme base of the costa is black and the tip of the wing is suffused with light brown and fuscous scales. The hindwings are whitish fuscous.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 9 (1-4) : 86
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References
Moths described in 1908
Exoteleia
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