Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides

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Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Mestolobes
Species:
M. chrysomolybdoides
Binomial name
Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides
Swezey, 1920

Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1920. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Larvae have been reared from moss taken from a tree.

External links[]

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.


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