Meridarchis caementaria

Short description: Species of moth

Meridarchis caementaria

Scientific classification
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Animalia

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Arthropoda

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Insecta

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Lepidoptera

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Carposinidae

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Meridarchis

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M. caementaria

Binomial name
Meridarchis caementaria

Meyrick, 1911

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

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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