Spheterista urerana

Species of moth

Spheterista urerana

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Tortricidae
Genus:  | Spheterista
Species:  |

S. urerana

Binomial name
Spheterista urerana

(Swezey, 1915)

Synonyms

* Epagoge urerana Swezey, 1915

Spheterista urerana is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1915. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The larvae feed on Urera sandvicensis. They bore in the twigs of their host plant, near growing tips of new shoots. Full-grown larvae are about 12 mm long and pale greenish.

The pupa is about 7 mm long and pale yellowish brown. It is enclosed in a cocoon made by the rolled-over edge of a dead leaf.

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* Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.

Taxon identifiers

Spheterista urerana|

* Wikidata: Q7576755
* CoL: 98DFR
* GBIF: 11869154
* iNaturalist: 1182350
* LepIndex: 89546

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