Udea monticolens is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882.[1][2] It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu and Hawaii.[3]
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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. monticolens
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| Udea monticolens (Butler, 1882)
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The larvae feed on Ipomoea bona-nox.
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- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Udea monticolens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
- ^ Butler, Arthur G. (1882). "Heterocerous Lepidoptera collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 34–35 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337. Note: This source does not use the name Udea monticolens.