Mestolobes arctura
Mestolobes arctura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Mestolobes |
Species: | M. arctura
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Binomial name | |
Mestolobes arctura Meyrick, 1899
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Mestolobes arctura is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
Females have a remarkable, large, broad, apically truncated, heavy mass of black hair-scales, which resemble a shaving brush, at the apex of the abdomen.
External links[]
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
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Categories:
- Crambinae
- Endemic moths of Hawaii
- Biota of Molokai
- Crambinae stubs