Kauaiina alakaii is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jules C. E. Riotte in 1979.[1] It is endemic to the eastern part of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where it was collected in the Alakai Swamp, after which it is named.
| Kauaiina alakaii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Kauaiina |
| Species: | K. alakaii
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| Binomial name | |
| Kauaiina alakaii Riotte, 1979
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Kauaiina alakaii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2019.