Merimnetria mendax

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

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

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The forewings are pale fawn ocherous, profusely sprinkled and minutely mottled with fawn brown, almost obliterating the paler ground color, a few blackish specks along the costa, especially before the middle. The hindwings are pale gray.^[1]