Merimnetria lanaiensis

Merimnetria lanaiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Merimnetria
Species: M. lanaiensis
Binomial name
Merimnetria lanaiensis
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Merimnetria (Aristoteliodes) lanaiensis
  • Aristotelia lanaiensis Walsingham, 1907

Merimnetria lanaiensis is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Lanai, Hawaii.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are ashy whitish, sparsely sprinkled with pale brownish fuscous, a small dark fuscous spot at the base of the costa is succeeded by a triangular fuscous costal patch, scarcely before the middle, and a few fuscous scales about the commencement of the costal cilia. The hindwings are ashy gray.[1]

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