Merodictya

Merodictya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Spilomelinae
Genus: Merodictya
Warren, 1896
Species:
M. marmorata
Binomial name
Merodictya marmorata
(T. P. Lucas, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Nausinoe marmorata T. P. Lucas, 1892
  • Merodictya subtessellalis Warren, 1896

Merodictya is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by William Warren in 1896. It contains only one species, Merodictya marmorata, described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1892, which is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and New South Wales.

Adults are blotchy brown with a scattering of white spots on the wings.