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Mestolobes pyropa

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Mestolobes pyropa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Mestolobes
Species:
M. pyropa
Binomial name
Mestolobes pyropa
(Meyrick, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Promylaea pyropa Meyrick, 1899
  • Promylaea pyropaee

Mestolobes pyropa is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Molokai.

The larvae feed on Peperornia species, including Peperomia pachyphylla. It is thought they mine the leaves of their host plant.

Adults have been taken at flowers of Hoya species.

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