Meridorma
| Meridorma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Gelechiidae | 
| Subfamily: | Gelechiinae | 
| Genus: | Meyrick, 1925 | 
| Species: | M. thrombodes | 
| Binomial name | |
| Meridorma thrombodes (Meyrick, 1914) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Meridorma is a genus of moth in the family Gelechiidae. It contains the species Meridorma thrombodes, which is found in Guyana.[1]
The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The forewings are blackish with three blackish spots on the costa near the base, at one-third, and two-thirds, and three in the disc obliquely beyond these respectively, the last two discal elongate, the last largest. There is a blackish dot on the fold before the second discal spot, and a cloudy spot on the tornus, as well as a small cloudy black apical spot, and sometimes a dot on the costa above it. The hindwings are rather dark grey, thinly scaled in disc.[2]
References
- ^ funet.fi
- ^ Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1914 : 232  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.