Spheterista pterotropiana

Spheterista pterotropiana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1933. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Spheterista pterotropiana
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S. pterotropiana
Binomial name
Spheterista pterotropiana
(Swezey, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Capua pterotropiana Swezey, 1933

The larvae feed on Tetraplasandra kauaiensis. They feed in the terminal buds of their host plant.

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


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