Udea monticolens

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]

Udea monticolens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Udea
Species:
U. monticolens
Binomial name
Udea monticolens
(Butler, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Locastra monticolens Butler, 1882
  • Oeobia monticolans
  • Scopula monticolans
  • Pionea monticolans
  • Phlyctaenia monticolans

The larvae feed on Ipomoea bona-nox.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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