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Mestolobes arctura

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Mestolobes arctura
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M. arctura
Binomial name
Mestolobes arctura
Meyrick, 1899

Mestolobes arctura is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.

Females have a remarkable, large, broad, apically truncated, heavy mass of black hair-scales, which resemble a shaving brush, at the apex of the abdomen.