Spheterista flavopicta

Spheterista flavopicta is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.

Spheterista flavopicta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Spheterista
Species:
S. flavopicta
Binomial name
Spheterista flavopicta
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Capua flavopicta Walsingham in Sharp, 1907
  • Capua picta Walsingham in Sharp, 1907

The larvae feed on Santalum species.

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


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