Spheterista urerana
Spheterista urerana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Section: | Cossina |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Spheterista |
Species: | S. urerana |
Binomial name | |
Spheterista urerana (Swezey, 1915) | |
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Spheterista urerana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to Oahu.
The larvae feed on Urera sandvicensis. They bore in twigs of their host plant, near growing tip of new shoots. Full-grown larvae are about 12 mm long and pale greenish.
The Pupa is about 7 mm long and pale yellowish brown. It is enclosed in a cocoon made by the rolled-over edge of a dead leaf.
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