Menecratistis

Menecratistis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Menecratistis
Meyrick, 1933
Species: M. sciaula
Binomial name
Menecratistis sciaula
Meyrick, 1933

Menecratistis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Menecratistis sciaula, which is found in New Guinea.[1]

The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, slightly tinged brownish between the veins and with some scattered brown and black specks. There is a small brownish spot sprinkled blackish on the base of the costa. The discal stigmata are minute and blackish, surrounded with ochreous-whitish but connected by an elongate brownish spot sprinkled blackish, a streak of similar suffusion is found between the basal portions of veins eight and nine, and some slight brownish suffusion tends to form with these a longitudinal streak from the base to the apex. The termen is slightly marked fuscous between the veins. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey-ochreous.[2]

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