Crocidosema marcidellum

Crocidosema marcidellum is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.

Crocidosema marcidellum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Crocidosema
Species:
C. marcidellum
Binomial name
Crocidosema marcidellum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Crocidosema marcidella
  • Adenoneura marcidellum Walsingham, 1907

The wingspan ranges up to 20 mm.

The larvae feed on the fruit of Hibiscus arnottianus and the petiole of Abutilon sandwicense. The petioles in which larvae are boring become considerably swollen. Full-grown larvae are about 12 mm long and dirty whitish or yellowish with a rosy tinge.

The pupa is about 7 mm long and yellowish brown.

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


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