Merimnetria mendax
| Merimnetria mendax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. mendax |
| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria mendax (Walsingham, 1907) | |
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Merimnetria mendax is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Hawaii.
The wingspan is 10-12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn-ocherous, profusely sprinkled and minutely mottled with fawn-brown, almost obliterating the paler ground color, a few blackish specks along the costa, especially before the middle. The hindwings are pale gray.[1]
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