Omiodes anastrepta

Omiodes anastrepta is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii. It was first cited as possibly extinct in 1994 by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. It was listed as extinct by the Hawaiʻi Biological Survey in 2002, but was rediscovered in 2003.

Omiodes anastrepta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Omiodes
Species:
O. anastrepta
Binomial name
Omiodes anastrepta
Meyrick, 1899
Synonyms
  • Hedylepta anastrepta
  • Nacoleia anastrepta
  • Phostria anastrepta

The larvae feed on Carex wahuensis. They feed in the crown of their host plant, eating the younger leaves and spinning them together for a retreat where pupation takes place. Full-grown larvae are about 25 mm long and bright green.

The pupa is about 11 mm long and pale brownish. The pupal period lasts about 15 days.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
  • Rediscovery of five species of Omiodes Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Hawai'i Island


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