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Omiodes anastrepta

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Omiodes anastrepta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Omiodes
Species:
O. anastrepta
Binomial name
Omiodes anastrepta
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Hedylepta anastrepta
  • Nacoleia anastrepta
  • Phostria anastrepta

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 Carex wahuensis.

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  • 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