Merimnetria notata

Merimnetria notata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.

Merimnetria notata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gelechiidae
Genus:
Merimnetria
Species:
M. notata
Binomial name
Merimnetria notata
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Merimnetria (Aristoteliodes) notata
  • Aristotelia notata Walsingham, 1907

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.[1]

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
  1. Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 480
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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