Orthomecyna chrysophanes

Orthomecyna chrysophanes is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Orthomecyna chrysophanes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: incertae sedis
Genus: Orthomecyna
Species:
O. chrysophanes
Binomial name
Orthomecyna chrysophanes
Meyrick, 1899

It is an extremely variable species.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.


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