Orthomecyna mesochasma

Orthomecyna mesochasma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Orthomecyna
Species:	O. mesochasma
Binomial name
Orthomecyna mesochasma Meyrick, 1899

Orthomecyna mesochasma is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Kauai.

Larvae have been found among the roots of sugarcane. The caterpillars are whitish. It is the only record of the discovery of a larva in the Orthomecyna genus. It is thought the caterpillars are subterranean in habit or bore in the basal parts of grass plants and are thus hard to find.

External links

• Insects of Hawaii. Volume 8, Pyraloidea