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Merimnetria mendax

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Merimnetria mendax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Merimnetria
Species:
M. mendax
Binomial name
Merimnetria mendax
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Merimnetria (Aristoteliodes) mendax
  • Aristotelia mendax Walsingham, 1907

Merimnetria mendax is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn ocherous, profusely sprinkled and minutely mottled with fawn brown, almost obliterating the paler ground color, a few blackish specks along the costa, especially before the middle. The hindwings are pale gray.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 481 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.