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Spheterista urerana

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Spheterista urerana
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

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