Merimnetria gigantea
| Merimnetria gigantea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria gigantea (Swezey, 1913) | |
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Merimnetria gigantea is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Hawaii.
This is the largest described species of Merimnetria with a wingspan of about is 28 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous with a few orange scales at base. The middle half of the costa is fuscous, bordered irregularly with a streak of ocherous brown. There is a fuscous spot near the middle of the fold, another near the dorsum about midway between this and the anal angle, as well as an orbicular and a discal fuscous dot. A streak of brownish suffusion is found in the dorsal half of the cell, extending to the termen, gradually widened to the apex. The hindwings are pale brownish-ocherous.[1]
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