Omiodes pritchardii
Appearance
Omiodes pritchardii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Genus: | Omiodes |
Species: | O. pritchardii
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Binomial name | |
Omiodes pritchardii Swezey, 1948
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Omiodes pritchardii is a moth of the family Crambidae. It was described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1948 and is endemic to the island of Hawaii.
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Pritchardia beccariana.
External links
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
- New Species of Hawaiian Lepidoptera