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