Udea monticolens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337. Note: This source does not use the name Udea monticolens.


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