New State Records and Additions to the Alien Terrestrial Arthropod Fauna in the Hawaiian Islands
Author
Matsunaga, Janis N.
Author
Howarth, Francis G.
Author
Kumashiro, Bernarr R.
text
Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society
2019
51
1
1
71
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10832895
0073-134X
10832895
Kundakimuka queenslandica
Cassis
NEW STATE RECORD
The 2 mm-long predaceous
Kundakimuka queenslandica
Cassis
was discovered while looking for specimens of the leaf-tying moth,
Choreutis
sp.
(
Lepidoptera
:
Choreutidae
), on
Ficus benjamina
and
F. retusa
. Specimens were found inside of leaves folded by
Choreutis
sp.
, and in several cases, a dead, early-instar
Choreutis
sp.
was present. Specimens of
K. queenslandica
were first collected in
May
2002
in Waimanalo, Oahu, however, remained unidentified until an additional collection in 2009. The
September 2009
discovery was serendipitous, found while looking for the recent immigrant,
Apotomorhinus cribratus
(
Coleoptera
:
Curculionidae
).
In
December 2010
, T.J. Henry identified the predator as close to the species
Kundakimuka queenslandica
Cassis. In January 2011
G. Cassis confirmed this identification.
K. queenslandica
was described from specimens collected from
Australia
, where it preys on larvae of the moth
Neodrepta
luteotactella
(Walker) (
Lepidoptera
:
Xyloryctidae
) that infest the paperbark tree,
Melaleuca integrifolia
.
Collection records: OAHU,
Waimanalo,
15.V.2002
, ex.
Choreutis
sp.
larvae feeding on
Ficus retusa
foliage, coll. W. Nagamine, det. W. Nagamine,
3.I.2010
; Kaimuki,
16.IX.2009
, on
Eugenia jambolana
fruit, coll. W. Nagamine, det. G. Cassis,
12.I.2011
. Vouchers at HDOA.