Mestolobes arctura | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Mestolobes |
Species: | M. arctura |
Binomial name | |
Mestolobes arctura Meyrick, 1899 |
Mestolobes arctura is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.
Females have a remarkable, large, broad, apically truncated, heavy mass of black hair-scales, which resemble a shaving brush, at the apex of the abdomen.