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Omiodes blackburni

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Omiodes blackburni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Omiodes
Species:
O. blackburni
Binomial name
Omiodes blackburni
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Botys blackburni Butler, 1877
  • Hedylepta blackburni
  • Nacoleia blackburni
  • Lamprosema blackburni
  • Phostria blackburni

Omiodes blackburni, the coconut leafroller, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.

Pupa
Caterpillar

Recorded food plants include Cocos nucifera, but it occasionally also feeds on Pritchardia (including Pritchardia pacifica), banana and introduced palms.

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  • Media related to Omiodes blackburni at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Omiodes blackburni at Wikispecies
  • Insects of Hawaii
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.