Biology:Meridarchis caementaria
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Short description: Species of moth
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| Species: | M. caementaria
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| Meridarchis caementaria Meyrick, 1911
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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.
Wikidata ☰ Q13837236 entry
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