Merimnetria mendax

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

Merimnetria mendax is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Hawaii.

The wingspan is 10-12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-ocherous, profusely sprinkled and minutely mottled with fawn-brown, almost obliterating the paler ground color, a few blackish specks along the costa, especially before the middle. The hindwings are pale gray.[1]

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