Merocrates
| Merocrates | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Suborder: | Glossata |
| (unranked): | Ditrysia |
| Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
| Family: | Lecithoceridae |
| Genus: | Merocrates Meyrick, 1931 |
| Species: | M. themelias |
| Binomial name | |
| Merocrates themelias Meyrick, 1931 | |
Merocrates is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Merocrates themelias, which is found in New Guinea.[1]
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad antemedian pale yellow band not quite reaching the costa, extending beneath the costa from one-fourth to the middle, dilated downwards and extending on the dorsum from one-sixth to near two-thirds, the first discal stigma forming a dark fuscous dot in this. The bases of the scales on the posterior half of the wing are whitish-hyaline. There is a cloudy yellow-whitish line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, somewhat indented towards the costa. The hindwings are light grey, the extreme bases of the scales whitish-hyaline, forming a fine ribbing.[2]