Spheterista flavopicta

Spheterista flavopicta is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Spheterista flavopicta
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S. flavopicta
Binomial name
Spheterista flavopicta
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Capua flavopicta Walsingham in Sharp, 1907
  • Capua picta Walsingham in Sharp, 1907

The larvae feed on Santalum species.

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


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