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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