Levuana Moth
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| Levuana Moth | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Zygaenidae |
| Genus: | Levuana |
| Species: | L. irridescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Levuana irridescens |
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The Levuana Moth (Levuana irridescens) was a species of moth in the Zygaenidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Levuana.[citation needed] Levuana irridescens is known only from Fiji where it used to be a serious pest of coconuts from the late 19th century until around 1925 when a classical biological control program permanently reduced high population densities to almost non-detectable levels. However, this island group is most likely not the home range of this moth and it likely originated in island groups to the west of Fiji.
[edit] Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Levuana irridescens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
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