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Cydia chlorostola

Cydia chlorostola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species:
C. chlorostola
Binomial name
Cydia chlorostola
(Meyrick, 1932)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Laspeyresia chlorostola Meyrick, 1932

Cydia chlorostola is a moth of the family Tortricidae.[1][2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1932. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.[2][3]

Cydia chlorostola is known from a single female presumably collected near Waialua – although this might be the locality where the specimen was mailed from, with its true origin elsewhere in the Hawaiian Islands. It is presumed extinct. It is similar to Cydia parapteryx. The larvae possibly used Canavalia as the host.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J. & Brown, J. W. (2018). "Cydia chlorostola (Meyrick, 1932)". World Catalogue of the Tortricidae (Ver. 4.0). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Austin, Kyhl A. & Rubinoff, Daniel (2023). "Rediscoveries and presumed extinctions of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 55: 11–27. hdl:10125/104856.
  3. ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. Hawaii, Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. p. 585. hdl:10125/7338.