Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides

Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1920. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides
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M. chrysomolybdoides
Binomial name
Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides
Swezey, 1920

Larvae have been reared from moss taken from a tree.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.


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