Spheterista infaustana
Spheterista infaustana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Section: | Cossina |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Spheterista |
Species: | S. infaustana |
Binomial name | |
Spheterista infaustana (Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907) | |
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Spheterista infaustana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Pipturus species, skeletonizing them, and hiding in webbed-together leaves at the tip, or a bit of the turned-over edge. Pupation takes place in similar places.
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