Udea monticolens

Udea monticolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Udea
Species:	U. monticolens
Binomial name
	Udea monticolens; (Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
	Locastra monticolens Butler, 1882; Oeobia monticolans; Scopula monticolans; Pionea monticolans; Phlyctaenia monticolans;

Udea monticolens is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.^[1]^[2] It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii.^[3]

The larvae feed on Ipomoea bona-nox.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Udea monticolens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ Butler, Arthur G. (1882). "Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 34–35 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. Note: This source does not use the name Udea monticolens.

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