Cydia walsinghamii
Appearance
Cydia walsinghamii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Cydia |
Species: | C. walsinghamii
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Binomial name | |
Cydia walsinghamii (Butler, 1882)
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Cydia walsinghamii is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui and Hawaii.
It has very variable wing patterns.
The larvae feed on the seeds and twigs of Acacia koa and Acacia koaia. They live in dead twigs and also bore into tips of living twigs.
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Species info