Omiodes anastrepta
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Omiodes anastrepta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Omiodes |
Species: | O. anastrepta
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Binomial name | |
Omiodes anastrepta Meyrick, 1899
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Synonyms | |
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Omiodes anastrepta is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii. It was first cited as possibly extinct in 1994 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It was listed as extinct by the Hawaiʻi Biological Survey in 2002, but was rediscovered in 2003.
The larvae feed on . They feed in the crown of their host plant, eating the younger leaves and spinning them together for a retreat where pupation takes place. Full-grown larvae are about 25 mm long and bright green.
The pupa is about 11 mm long and pale brownish. The pupal period lasts about 15 days.
External links[]
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- Rediscovery of five species of Omiodes Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Hawai'i Island
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Categories:
- Omiodes
- Endemic moths of Hawaii
- Moths described in 1899
- Omiodes stubs