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Meyrick's banana hedyleptan moth

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Meyrick's banana hedyleptan moth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Omiodes
Species:
O. meyrickii
Binomial name
Omiodes meyrickii
Swezey, 1907
Synonyms
  • Hedylepta meyricki Swezey, 1907
  • Lamprosema svezeyi Hampson, 1918
  • Phostria swezei Klima, 1939

Meyrick's banana hedyleptan moth (Omiodes meyrickii) is a species of moth in the family Pyralidae. It was described by Otto Herman Swezey in 1907 and is endemic to the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi.

Sources[edit]

  • Haines, W.P. (2004). "Omiodes meyricki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2004: e.T44548A10918270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2004.RLTS.T44548A10918270.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.