Udea calliastra is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Kauai, Molokai, Oahu and Hawaii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Udea |
| Species: | U. calliastra
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| Binomial name | |
| Udea calliastra (Meyrick, 1899)
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The larvae of subspecies U. c. synastra feed on Peperomia latifolia and Peperomia membranacea.
Subspecies
edit- Udea calliastra calliastra (Kauai)
- Udea calliastra hyadnthias Meyrick, 1899 (Molokai, Maui)
- Udea calliastra synastra Meyrick, 1899 (Oahu, Molokai, Hawaii)
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- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.