Omiodes telegrapha (Laysan Hedyleptan Moth)

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Telegraphic Pyralid Moth
(Omiodes telegrapha)

family: Pyralidae

known from Hawai'i / Hawai'i Islands, commonly considered extinct

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Telegraphic Pyralid Moth
(Omiodes telegrapha)



source:

'Fauna Hawaiiensis; being the land-fauna of the Hawaiian islands. by various authors, 1899-1913. Cambridge [Eng.]: The University press, 1913.

www.biodiversitylibrary.org

[Sebbe]

The population size and trend are unknown for Omiodes telegrapha. It has been suggested this species is likely extinct (Gagne and Christensen 1982), though it is unclear whether survey effort has been exhaustive enough to presume extinction. We can infer a small population size (0-49 mature individuals), if this species is in fact extant, because only such a limited population size would allow this species to evade detection for so long.

www.iucnredlist.org/species/44550/164008535#population

[koeiyabe]

explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.113373/Omiodes_telegrapha

[Sebbe]

Patterns of extinction across Hawaiian Lepidoptera offer lessons from a diverse, neglected, and vulnerable endemic fauna.

Last recorded 1896.

www.researchgate.net/publication/384487192_Patterns_of_extinction_across_Hawaiian_Lepidoptera_offer_lessons_from_a_diverse_neglected_and_vulnerable_endemic_fauna