Spheterista infaustana

Spheterista infaustana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Section: Cossina
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Spheterista
Species: S. infaustana
Binomial name
Spheterista infaustana
(Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Epagoge infaustana Walsingham, in Sharp, 1907
  • Capua infaustana

Spheterista infaustana is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and Hawaii.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Pipturus species, skeletonizing them, and hiding in webbed-together leaves at the tip, or a bit of the turned-over edge. Pupation takes place in similar places.

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