Omiodes continuatalis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Omiodes |
| Species: | O. continuatalis
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| Omiodes continuatalis (Wallengren, 1860)
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Omiodes continuatalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. It was first cited as possibly extinct by W.C. Gagné and Francis Gard Howarth in 1982. It was listed as extinct by the Hawaiʻi Biological Survey in 2002 and the IUCN in 2003, but was rediscovered later in 2003.
Full-grown larvae are 28–30 mm long. It is 13–15 mm long and very dark brown. The pupal period lasts 12–15 days.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omiodes continuatalis.
- ^ Haines, W.; Walker, A. (2022). "Omiodes continuatalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T44543A164008299. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- 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 Hawaiʻi Island