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Mestolobes abnormis

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Mestolobes abnormis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Mestolobes
Species:
M. abnormis
Binomial name
Mestolobes abnormis
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Metasia abnormis Butler, 1882

Mestolobes abnormis is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

Adults have been taken at the flowers of Metrosideros species.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.