Omiodes fullawayi (Fullaway’s Banana Leafroller Moth)

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Hedylepta fullawayi

This Hawaiian endemic has been considered historic by NatureServe and its predecessors since 1984 and appeared on the January 8, 1989 USFWS list as
C2*, meaning no known records since before 1963. This species appears on the Bishop Museum Web Site for extinct insects (as of September 2003) with the last observed date given as unknown (but certainly well before 1960). It is also considered historic (SH) by the Hawaii Natural Heritage Program. In consideration of input from Hawaii Natural Heritage Program and some consultation with Frank Howarth of the Bishop Museum, GH is retained, although this species might be extinct. The status of this species should be re-evaluated pending the results of on-going work by William Haines (University of Hawaii). Also Microlepidoptera specimens from the 1970s collected by Klaus Sattler and believed to be at the British Museum should be examined.

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All the hawaiian Hedylepta ssp. are now renamed as Omiodes ssp..

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Population size and trend are unknown for Omiodes fullawayi. It has not been collected recently, despite sampling efforts at historical collection sites and in appropriate habitat. However, this species may be difficult to identify because it was described based on wing pattern, which is not a reliable characteristic to distinguish between species. As early as 1982 it was thought to be extinct due to its disappearance from museum collections (Haines et al. 2004, Evenhuis 2002, Beattie 1994, IUCN 2003). Since then, its extinction status has been reconsidered because 9 out of 14 Omiodes species sited as extinct or possibly extinct, have been rediscovered (Haines et al. 2004, Haines 2011). This species has not been rediscovered, but the presumption of extinction may be premature, especially due to the difficulty in identification.

www.iucnredlist.org/species/44546/164008399#population

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explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.114530/Omiodes_fullawayi

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

Last recorded 1968.

www.researchgate.net/publication/384487192_Patterns_of_extinction_across_Hawaiian_Lepidoptera_offer_lessons_from_a_diverse_neglected_and_vulnerable_endemic_fauna