Meridarchis caementaria

Meridarchis caementaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Meridarchis
Species: M. caementaria
Binomial name
Meridarchis caementaria
Meyrick, 1911

Meridarchis caementaria is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1911. It is found on the Seychelles (Aldabra).[1]

This species has a wingspan of 13mm. The head is whithish-ochreous sprinkled with grey. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous sprinkled with grey and blackish, more whitish-ochreous on margins; seven small spots of blackish irroration on the costa, two in disc at 2/5 and 2/3, one on submedian fold before tornus and several along termen.[2][3]

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