Crocidosema leprarum

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Crocidosema leprarum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Crocidosema
Species:
C. leprarum
Binomial name
Crocidosema leprarum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907[verification needed])
Synonyms
  • Gypsonoma leprarum Walsingham, 1907[verification needed]
  • Crocidosema leprara

Crocidosema leprarum is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai, Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals and Laysan.

The larvae probably feed on Abutilon and Sida species.

External links[]

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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