Merimnetria arcuata

Merimnetria arcuata is a moth of the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Merimnetria arcuata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Merimnetria
Species:	M. arcuata
Binomial name
Merimnetria arcuata (Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
Merimnetria (Aristoteliodes) arcuata Aristotelia arcuata Walsingham, 1907

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are whitish ocherous, gradually suffused from one-third with dull olive brown, leaving a tornal, and a smaller opposite costal patch of the pale ground color. There is a minute dark spot is visible in the fold a little beyond its middle. The hindwings are brownish gray.^[1]

The larvae feed on Kadua species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.