title: Merimnetria
text: # Merimnetria
  
  Merimnetria is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. All species are endemic to Hawaii.
  
  ## Species
  
  * Subgenus Aristoteliodes Zimmerman, 1978
     * Merimnetria arcuata (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria compsodelta (Meyrick, 1928)
     * Merimnetria elegantior (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria epermeniella (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria gigantea (Swezey, 1913)
     * Merimnetria gratula (Meyrick, 1928)
     * Merimnetria homoxyla (Meyrick, 1928)
     * Merimnetria ichthyochroa (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria lanaiensis (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria maculaticornis (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria mendax (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria multiformis (Meyrick, 1928)
     * Merimnetria nigriciliella (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria notata (Walsingham, 1907)
     * Merimnetria thurifica (Meyrick, 1928)
     * Merimnetria xylospila (Meyrick, 1928)
  * Subgenus Merimnetria
     * Merimnetria flaviterminella Walsingham, 1907
     * Merimnetria straussiella (Swezey, 1953)
  
  Furthermore, there are at least three undescribed species.
  
  