Crocidosema leprarum

Crocidosema leprarum is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai, Nihoa, Necker, French Frigate Shoals and Laysan.

Crocidosema leprarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tortricidae
Genus:
Crocidosema
Species:
C. leprarum
Binomial name
Crocidosema leprarum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Gypsonoma leprarum Walsingham, 1907
  • Crocidosema leprara

The larvae probably feed on Abutilon and Sida species.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.


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