Merimnetria nigriciliella is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gelechiidae |
| Genus: | Merimnetria |
| Species: | M. nigriciliella
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| Binomial name | |
| Merimnetria nigriciliella (Walsingham, 1907)
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The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The forewings are brownish cinereous (ash-gray), with diffused shading of scattered brown and brownish-fuscous scales, especially along the costa beyond the basal third, along the dorsum from the base to the tornus, and across the apical area. At one-third from the base an outwardly oblique chestnut-brown fascia runs from the costa to the fold, but scarcely reaches the dorsum (in some specimens this appears to be absent). The hindwings are shining, pale leaden gray.[1]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Hawaiiensis 1 (5): 479
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.