Rediscoveries and Presumed Extinctions of Hawaiian Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Author
Austin, Kyhl A.
Author
Rubinoff, Daniel
text
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society
2023
55
11
27
journal article
59365
10.5281/zenodo.8159762
8cab1792-e045-4781-b04e-606d299c7c64
0073-134X
8159762
Pararrhaptica lysimachiana
(Swezey)
Presumed extinct
This species is known only from the female
holotype
, reared from leaves of
Lysimachia rotundifolia
[=
L
.
hillebrandii
] (
Primulaceae
) by Swezey at Puʻu Hāpapa on Oʻahu in 1927. Collecting by KAA at the type locality did not result in any specimens, despite the host plant’s presence in the immediate vicinity, and many island-wide surveys.