Mestolobes xanthoscia
Appearance
Mestolobes xanthoscia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Mestolobes |
Species: | M. xanthoscia
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Binomial name | |
Mestolobes xanthoscia Meyrick, 1899
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Mestolobes xanthoscia is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.
Adults have been seen visiting the flowers of Metrosideros species.
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.