| Peridroma chersotoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Peridroma |
| Species: | P. chersotoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Peridroma chersotoides (Butler, 1881) | |
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Peridroma chersotoides is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Maui. It has also been recorded from the islands of Molokai and Hawaii, but these references may be in error.
Larvae possibly feed on pokeweed.
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 7 Macrolepidoptera. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7336.
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