Spheterista Meyrick, 1912 (Tortricidae: Tortricinae:
Archipini)
This endemic genus has 17 named species in Hawaii (several more exist in collections).
This is one of five genera (Spheterista, Epiphyas,
Eccoptocera, Strepsicrates,
Epinotia) in Hawaii where
the males have costal folds along the forewing; and one
of two genera (Spheterista, Eccoptocera)
where forewing veins 7 and 8 (R5 and R4) are fused for a distance from the cell
before separating (Eccoptocera
lacks vein 6 (R2+3) in the forewing).
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Spheterista argentinotata (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista cassia (Swezey, 1912)
Spheterista flavocincta (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista flavopicta (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista fulva (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista glaucoviridana (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista infausta (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista ochreocuprea (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista oheoheana (Swezey, 1933)
Spheterista pernitida (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista pleonectes (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista pterotropiana (Swezey, 1933)
Spheterista reynoldsiana (Swezey, 1920)
Spheterista tetraplasandra (Swezey, 1920)
Spheterista urerana (Swezey, 1915)
Spheterista variabilis (Walsingham, 1907)
Spheterista xanthogona (Walsingham, 1907) |
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Spheterista xanthogona
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| Spheterista argentinotata (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Hawaii |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Known from only two females. |
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| Spheterista cassia (Swezey, 1912) |
| Islands: Oahu |
| Hostplants: Cassia gaudichaudii (Fabaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Leafrolling larvae feed on the
lower surfaces of leaves and are parasitized by Sierola spp.
(Bethylidae) |
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Kaena Point, Oahu 1910
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| Spheterista flavocincta (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Oahu, Hawaii (and probably islands in between) |
| Hostplants: Santalum spp. (Santalaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Leaf feeder. Parasitized by Trathala flavoorbitalis
(Ichneumonidae). Color patterns are variable which has lead to various
names for color morphs. |
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Diamond Head, Oahu 19??
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| Spheterista flavopicta (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: Santalum spp. (Santalaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Closely allied to S. flavocincta. |
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Kokee, Kauai 1937
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| Spheterista fulva (Walsingham, 1907) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Similar to S. ochreocuprea, but with
hindwings uniformly darker. |
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| Spheterista glaucoviridana (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Known only from female holotype. |
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Kokee, Kauai 1982 (ID not confirmed)
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| Spheterista infaustana (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Hawaii |
| Hostplants: Pipturus spp. (Urticaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Leaf-webbing larvae skeletonize leaves (may also
be found in dead twigs?). Parasitized by Diadegma blackburni,
Prisomerus hawaiiensis, Trathala flavoorbitalis (Ichneumonidae),
and Sierola epagogeana (Bethylidae). |
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Mt Kaala, Oahu 1922
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| Spheterista ochreocuprea (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Similar to S. fulva. |
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Kokee, Kauai 1894 (paratype)
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| Spheterista oheoheana (Swezey, 1933) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: Tetraplasandra kauaiensis (Araliaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Larvae and pupae found in dead twigs. |
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Halemanu, Kauai 1932 (paratype; reared from Pterotropia)
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| Spheterista pernitida (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Hawaii |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Known only from female holotype. |
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| Spheterista pleonectes (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Kauai, Oahu, Hawaii (and probably islands in between) |
| Hostplants: Cheirodendron gaudichaudii (Araliaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Leaf-webbers. Parasitized by Diadegma blackburni,
Pristomerus hawaiiensis (Ichneumonidae), and Trichogramma
semifumatum (Trichogrammatidae). Synonymized with S. castaneana
& S. asaphopis (Zimmerman, 1978). |
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Kaumuohana, Oahu 1940? (reared from Cheirodendron)
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| Spheterista pterotropiana (Swezey,
1933) |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: Tetraplasandra kauaiensis (Araliaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Larvae feed within terminal buds of host plant. |
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Halemanu, Kauai 1932 (reared from Pterotropia)
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| Spheterista reynoldsiana (Swezey,
1920) |
| Islands: Oahu |
| Hostplants: Reynoldsia sandwicensis (Araliaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Leaf-webber. Parasitized by Brachymeria obscurata,
Echthromorpha agrestoria fuscator, and Trathala flavoorbitalis
(Ichneumonidae) |
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Kunia, Oahu 1918 (reared from Reynoldsia)
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| Spheterista tetraplasandra (Swezey,
1920) |
| Islands: Oahu |
| Hostplants: Tetraplasandra spp. (Araliaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Larvae found on fruits and leaves of host plant. |
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Wailupe, Oahu 1918 (paratype; reared from Tetraplasandra)
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| Spheterista urerana (Swezey, 1915) |
| Islands: Oahu |
| Hostplants: Urera sandwicensis (Urticaceae) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Larvae found in growing tips of host plant. |
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| Spheterista variabilis (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Molokai, Maui |
| Hostplants: unknown (possibly Cheirodendron) |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Possibly a color form of S. pleonectes (Zimmerman,
1978) |
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4000ft, Molokai 1893 (paratype)
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| Spheterista xanthogona (Walsingham,
1907) |
| Islands: Hawaii |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Known only from two females. |
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Konahuanui,Oahu 1971
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| Spheterista sp. |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
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| Spheterista sp. |
| Islands: Kauai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Kokee, Kauai 1981 |
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| Spheterista sp. |
| Islands: Hawaii |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: HAVO, Hawaii 1979 |
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| Spheterista sp. |
| Islands: Maui |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: Kipahulu Valley, Maui 1984 |
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| Spheterista sp. |
| Islands: Molokai |
| Hostplants: unknown |
| Status: Endemic |
| Comments: upper Kawela, Molokai 1981 |
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Reference(s):
Swezey OH. 1912. Insects associated with mamake (Pipturus albidus) a
native Hawaiian tree. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 2:153-163.
Swezey OH. 1915.
Swezey OH. 1920.
Swezey OH. 1933.
Walsingham L. 1907. Microlepidoptera. in Sharp D. (ed.) Fauna Hawaiiensis.
Volume 1, Part V. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp. 469-759
Zimmerman EC. 1978. Insects of Hawaii, Vol.9.1 Microlepidoptera. The University
Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. pp. 397-643
