Exaeretia allisella

Exaeretia allisella is a moth of the family Depressariidae.

[3] The forewings are reddish -grey, irregularly and suffusedly irrorated with whitish; a cloudy ferruginous fascia from middle of costa to tornus, marked with a dark fuscous spot in middle, and edged anteriorly with whitish suffusion.

Hindwings pale yellowish-grey.The larva is greyish-green, dorsally reddish tinged; spots dark grey; head yellow-brown.

The species is named after Thomas Henry Allis, who collected some of the original specimen and sent them to Stainton for his revision of the genus.

This article on a moth of the subfamily Depressariinae is a stub.

A sprig of Lithospermum officinale eaten by larva
Larva