Udea platyleuca

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Udea platyleuca
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. platyleuca
Binomial name
Udea platyleuca
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Phlyctaenia platyleuca Meyrick, 1899
  • Oeobia platyleuca

Udea platyleuca is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on Touchardia latifolia and .

External links[]

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


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