Meridarchis excisa

Meridarchis excisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Meridarchis
Species: M. excisa
Binomial name
Meridarchis excisa
(Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Propedesis excisa Walsingham, 1900
  • Meridarchis crotalus Diakonoff, 1989

Meridarchis excisa is a moth in the Carposinidae family. It was described by Walsingham in 1900. It is found in Russia (Primorskii krai) and Japan.

The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The forewings are white with a triangular dark-grey spot on the distal half of the wing and four black costal spots.[1]

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