- Mestolobes arctura
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Mestolobes arctura Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Crambidae Genus: Mestolobes Species: M. arctura Binomial name Mestolobes arctura
Meyrick, 1899Mestolobes arctura is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.
Females have a remarkable, large, broad, apically truncated, heavy mass of black hair-scales, which resemble a shaving brush, at the apex of the abdomen.
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Categories:- Crambinae
- Endemic moths of Hawaii
- Crambidae stubs
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