Omiodes blackburni, the coconut leafroller, is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.
| Omiodes blackburni | |
|---|---|
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Omiodes |
| Species: | O. blackburni
|
| Binomial name | |
| Omiodes blackburni (Butler, 1877)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Recorded food plants include Cocos nucifera, but it occasionally also feeds on Pritchardia (including Pritchardia pacifica), banana and introduced palms.
External links
edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Omiodes blackburni.
Wikispecies has information related to Omiodes blackburni.
Media related to Omiodes blackburni at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Omiodes blackburni at Wikispecies- Insects of Hawaii
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
