Merimnetria notata
Merimnetria notata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
| Merimnetria notata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. notata |
| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria notata (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous with a small blackish spot at the extreme base of the costa, a larger diffused spot on the fold near its base, a triangular costal patch before the middle, its apex reaching to the fold, a patch at the end of the cell and a smaller one on the costa before the apex with a series of almost connected blackish spots in the whitish-ocherous terminal and costal cilia. The hindwings are pale rosy gray.[1]
References
- Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 480
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External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
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