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Spheterista pleonectes

Synonyms: Capua castaneana; Capua pleonectes; Spheterista asaphopis

Wikipedia Abstract

Spheterista pleonectes is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii. The larvae feed on Cheirodendron gaudichaudii. They feed between webbed leaves of their host plant. The caterpillars are green.
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Prey / Diet

Cheirodendron trigynum (olapalapa)[1]

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0