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Merimnetria flaviterminella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Merimnetria

Scientific name
  
Merimnetria flaviterminella

Merimnetria flaviterminella is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are chocolate-brown, with fuscous suffusion, especially at the base and along the costa and fold. There are a few steel-gray scales scattered about the end of the cell and beyond it, also about the middle of the fold and the costal and tornal cilia are grayish fuscous, terminal cilia pale ocherous. The hindwings are brownish fuscous.

The larvae possibly mine the leaves of Hedyotis species.

References

Merimnetria flaviterminella Wikipedia