Omiodes meyrickii Swezey, 1907

Meyrick's banana hedyleptan moth, Moloka’i sedge leafroller moth

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Hedylepta meyricki Swezey, 1907; Omiodes meyricki Swezey, 1907

Conservation Status

Last record: 1982 (Suckling et al. 2004)

IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient

Distribution

Hawaiian Islands, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sweezey, Otto Herman. (1907). The sugar-cane leaf roller (Omiodes accepta) with an account of allied species and natural enemies. Hawaiian Sugar cane Planters’ Association, Experiment Station Entomological Bulletin 5: 1-60, Fig. 1-3, Taf. 1-6.

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Gagné, W. C. and Howarth, F. G. (1982). Conservation status of endemic Hawaiian Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the 3rd Congress on European Lepidoptera. pp 74-85. Cambridge, England.

Haines, W. P. (2004). Omiodes meyricki. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 May 2013.

Nuss, M. (2007). Die Evolution der Schmetterlinge (Lepidoptera). Denisia 20, zugleich Kataloge der oberösterreichischen Landesmuseen Neue Serie 66 (2007): 587-608.

Suckling, Kieran, Slack, Rhiwena and Nowicki, Brian. (2004). Extinct and the Endangered Species Act. Centre For Biological Diversity. 63 pp.

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press

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