Omiodes scotaea

Omiodes scotaea is a moth of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai and Hawaii.

Omiodes scotaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Crambidae
Genus:
Omiodes
Species:
O. scotaea
Binomial name
Omiodes scotaea
(Hampson, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Nacoleia scotaea Hampson, 1912
  • Hedylepta scotaea
  • Phostria scotala

The larvae feed on Astelia veratroides. They feed between the leaves of the crown of their host plant. They eat the surface and substance of the leaf, leaving the opposite epidermis, which shows as dead portions of the leaves. In some small plants, they bore down into the stem from where they had been feeding between the leaves in the middle of the crown of the plant. Full-grown larvae are about 27 mm long and bright green if they have been feeding on the greener leaves and paler if they have fed in the inner part of the crown where there is very little chlorophyll in the leaves.

The pupa is 12 mm long and uniform pale brown. The pupal period lasts 11–12 days.

  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.


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