Merimnetria arcuata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
| Merimnetria arcuata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. arcuata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria arcuata (Walsingham, 1907)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
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.[1]
The larvae feed on Kadua species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 482
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Merimnetria arcuata.
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.