Category
page 1Endemic moths of Hawaii
Laysan Noctuid Moth
species of insect
Hyposmocoma
Hyposmocoma is a genus of moths with more 350 species endemic to the Hawaiian Islands whose larvae are referred to by the common name of Hawaiian fancy case caterpillars. The genus was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. Most species of Hyposmocoma have plant-based diets, but four species, such as Hyposmocoma molluscivora, eat snails. The caterpillars spin silk, which they then use to capture and eat snails. These are the first caterpillars known to eat snails (or mollusks of any kind). One unnamed species in the genus, dubbed the "bone collector", lives in association with spid
Eupithecia monticolens
species of insect
Hyles calida
species of insect
Midway Noctuid Moth
species of insect
Manduca blackburni
species of insect
Orthomecyna
Orthomecyna is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii.
Hyposmocoma molluscivora
species of insect
Eupithecia orichloris
species of insect
Mestolobes
Mestolobes is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. All species are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Fabulous Green Sphinx Moth
species of insect
Minute Noctuid Moth
species of insect
Merimnetria
Merimnetria is a genus of moths in the family Gelechiidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. All species are endemic to Hawaii.
Eupithecia dryinombra
species of insect
Kona Giant Looper Moth
species of insect
Poko Noctuid Moth
species of insect
Philodoria splendida
species of insect
Panaphelix
Panaphelix is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
Tamsica
Tamsica is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.
Kerr's Noctuid Moth
species of insect
Philodoria auromagnifica
species of insect
Mapsidius
Mapsidius is a genus of gelechioid moths, which is mostly placed in the flower moth family, which is sometimes included as a subfamily in the Xyloryctidae, or together with these merged into the Oecophoridae. The genus is known only from the Hawaiian Islands.
Philodoria
Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Eupithecia niphoreas
species of insect
Philodoria sciallactis
species of insect
Philodoria succedanea
species of insect
Eupithecia craterias
species of insect
Eupithecia staurophragma
species of insect
Philodoria nigrella
species of insect
Hyposmocoma abjecta
species of insect
Philodoria pipturiella
species of insect
Philodoria hauicola
species of insect
Philodoria epibathra
species of insect
Hypena plagiota
Lovegrass Noctuid Moth
Spheterista
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Spheterista is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
Agrotis photophila
species of insect
Scotorythra anagraptis
species of insect
Philodoria basalis
species of insect
Philodoria costalis
species of insect
Philodoria marginestrigata
species of insect
Helicoverpa hawaiiensis
species of insect
Philodoria molokaiensis
species of insect
Hypena senicula
Kaholuamano Noctuid Moth
Philodoria pipturicola
species of insect
Thyrocopa abusa
species of insect
Hyles wilsoni
species of insect
Philodoria naenaeiella
species of moth
Philodoria wilkesiella
species of insect
Philodoria urerana
species of insect
Philodoria dubauticola
species of insect
Philodoria neraudicola
species of insect
Thyrocopa
Thyrocopa is a genus of moths in the family Xyloryctidae endemic to Hawaii. The taxon has approximately forty species, including some flightless species.
Philodoria pittosporella
species of insect
Tamsica floricolens
species of insect
Thyrocopa apatela
species of insect
Philodoria micropetala
species of insect
Hyposmocoma adolescens
species of insect
Eupithecia stypheliae
species of insect
Philodoria spilota
species of insect
Philodoria hibiscella
species of insect