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Merimnetria ichthyochroa

Synonyms: Aristotelia ichthyochroa

Wikipedia Abstract

Merimnetria ichthyochroa is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It is endemic to Molokai, Hawaii. The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are rather shining, whitish cinereous (ash gray), but showing a slight ferruginous reflection in certain lights. There is a broad triangular ferruginous costal blotch, commencing at one-fourth, descends outward to the middle of the fold and is then diffused upward to the commencement of the costal cilia, a few dark ferruginous scales about the apex and termen precede the leaden gray cilia which have also in some lights a reddish brown reflection. The hindwings are dark brownish gray.
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Prey / Diet

Kadua affinis (variable starviolet)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0