Meridarchis caementaria

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

Short description: Species of moth

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]

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

↑ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Meridarchis caementaria Meyrick, 1911". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MERICAEM. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.

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[1] De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2019). "Meridarchis caementaria Meyrick, 1911". http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/MERICAEM. 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.

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Meridarchis caementaria

Topic: Biology

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