Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species M. sciaula | |
Menecratistis is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Menecratistis sciaula, which is found in New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 32 mm. The forewings are ochreous-whitish, slightly tinged brownish between the veins and with some scattered brown and black specks. There is a small brownish spot sprinkled blackish on the base of the costa. The discal stigmata are minute and blackish, surrounded with ochreous-whitish but connected by an elongate brownish spot sprinkled blackish, a streak of similar suffusion is found between the basal portions of veins eight and nine, and some slight brownish suffusion tends to form with these a longitudinal streak from the base to the apex. The termen is slightly marked fuscous between the veins. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey-ochreous.