Strepsicrates Meyrick, 1888 (Tortricidae: Olethreutinae: Eucosmini)

This is one of five genera (Spheterista, Epiphyas, Eccoptocera, Strepsicrates, Epinotia) where the males have a costal fold along the forewing. Males also have a dorsal notch along the basal part of the antennae (but see also Eccoptocera).

Strepsicrates smithiana Walsingham, 1892
Islands: Oahu, Hawaii
Hostplants: Myrica spp., (possibly Psidium guajava)
Status: purposely introduced
Comments: Introduced in 1955 from Florida & Georgia

 

 

 

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Source(s): Zimmerman EC. 1978. Insects of Hawaii, Vol.9.1 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu.