Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gelechiidae Scientific name Merimnetria arcuata | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Merimnetria Rank Species | |
Merimnetria arcuata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Oahu, Hawaii.
The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous, gradually suffused from one-third with dull olive-brown, leaving a tornal, and a smaller opposite costal patch of the pale ground color. There is a minute dark spot is visible in the fold a little beyond its middle. The hindwings are brownish gray.
The larvae feed on Kadua species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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