Spheterista pleonectes
| Spheterista pleonectes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Section: | Cossina |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Spheterista |
| Species: | S. pleonectes |
| Binomial name | |
| Spheterista pleonectes (Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907) | |
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Spheterista pleonectes is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii.
The larvae feed on Cheirodendron gaudichaudii. They feed between webbed leaves of their host plant. The caterpillars are green.
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