Merimnetria gratula
| Merimnetria gratula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. gratula |
| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria gratula (Meyrick, 1928) | |
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Merimnetria gratula is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Oahu, Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Straussia kaduana, which is a tree that mainly grows in the mountains of Oahu. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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