Meridarchis caementaria

Meridarchis caementaria is a moth in the family Carposinidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is found on Aldabra in the Seychelles.[1]

Meridarchis caementaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Meridarchis
Species:
M. caementaria
Binomial name
Meridarchis caementaria
Meyrick, 1911

This species has a wingspan of 13 mm. The head is whitish ochreous sprinkled with grey. The forewings are pale greyish ochreous sprinkled with grey and blackish, more whitish ochreous on margins; seven small spots of blackish irroration (sprinkles) on the costa, two in the disc at two-fifths and two-thirds, one on submedian fold before tornus and several along termen.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Meridarchis caementaria Meyrick, 1911". Afromoths. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E. (1911). "The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. No. XII - Tortricina and Tineina". Transactions of The Linnean Society of London. (2) 14: 263-307.
  3. ^ Clarke, J. F. Gates (1963). Catalogue of Type Specimen in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. 4 p. 53, pl.25 fig. 3-3c.