Acrolepia aiea is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was first described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1833 and is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
Acrolepia aiea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Acrolepiidae |
Genus: | Acrolepia |
Species: | A. aiea
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Binomial name | |
Acrolepia aiea Swezey, 1933
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The larvae feed on Nothocestrum latifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links edit
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.