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Merimnetria notata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gelechiidae

Scientific name
  
Merimnetria notata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Merimnetria

Rank
  
Species

Merimnetria notata is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Molokai, Hawaii.

The wingspan is about 14 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous with a small blackish spot at the extreme base of the costa, a larger diffused spot on the fold near its base, a triangular costal patch before the middle, its apex reaching to the fold, a patch at the end of the cell and a smaller one on the costa before the apex with a series of almost connected blackish spots in the whitish ocherous terminal and costal cilia. The hindwings are pale rosy gray.

The larvae possibly mine the leaves of Kadua species. Leaf mines in Kadua have been found on Molokai and are thought to belong to this species.

References

Merimnetria notata Wikipedia