Bactra straminea

Bactra straminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Bactra
Species: B. straminea
Binomial name
Bactra straminea
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Chiloides straminea Butler, 1881
  • Bactra iomolybda Meyrick, 1932

Bactra straminea is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is only known from the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii, but might be an introduced species, although it has not been recorded from any other location.

Adults are extraordinarily variable in color, pattern, size and even in genitalia. In some varieties there is constant and conspicuous sexual dimorphism.

The larvae feed on Carex, Cladium angustifolium and Scirpus miritimus. They bore the stem of their host plant.

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