Crocidosema marcidellum

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Crocidosema marcidellum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Crocidosema
Species:
C. marcidellum
Binomial name
Crocidosema marcidellum
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907) [1]
Synonyms
  • Adenoneura marcidellumWalsingham, 1907 [1]
  • Crocidosema marcidella – Zimmerman, 1978 [2]

Crocidosema marcidellum is a moth of the family Tortricidae. [1] [3] It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. [1] [2] [3] It is (probably) endemic to the Hawaiian islands, with records from the mountains of Kauai and Oahu. [2]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in). [2] The larvae feed on Hibiscus arnottianus (fruit) and Abutilon sandwicense (petioles). [2] [3] The pupa is about 7 mm long and yellowish brown. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J. & Brown, J. W. (2018). "Crocidosema marcidellum (Walsingham, 1907)". World Catalogue of the Tortricidae (Ver. 4.0). Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. Hawaii, Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. pp. 618, 627. hdl:10125/7338.
  3. 1 2 3 Austin, Kyhl A.; Rubinoff, Daniel (2023). "Rediscoveries and presumed extinctions of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 55: 11–27. hdl:10125/104856.


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