Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Suborder Glossata Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Superfamily Gelechioidea | |
Merocrates is a genus of moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It contains the species Merocrates themelias, which is found in New Guinea.
The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a broad antemedian pale yellow band not quite reaching the costa, extending beneath the costa from one-fourth to the middle, dilated downwards and extending on the dorsum from one-sixth to near two-thirds, the first discal stigma forming a dark fuscous dot in this. The bases of the scales on the posterior half of the wing are whitish-hyaline. There is a cloudy yellow-whitish line from four-fifths of the costa to the tornus, somewhat indented towards the costa. The hindwings are light grey, the extreme bases of the scales whitish-hyaline, forming a fine ribbing.