Cydia chlorostola

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Rediscoveries and Presumed Extinctions of Hawaiian Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).

Presumed extinct. This species is known only from the female holotype, supposedly collected in 1909 by R.C.L. Perkins from Waialua, Oʻahu (but see comments below). Meyrick (1932) suggested that it was introduced along with a hypothesized leguminous host, possibly from Asia. Zimmerman (1978) disagreed and considered it endemic. Oboyski (2011) agreed with Zimmerman and compared it to several Canavalia-feeding Hawaiian Cydia. It appears very similar to C. parapteryx (Meyrick), also only known from Oʻahu.

scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/e8321f10-f07c-49bb-a7fd-2ae5bd9132cf

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

www.researchgate.net/publication/384487192_Patterns_of_extinction_across_Hawaiian_Lepidoptera_offer_lessons_from_a_diverse_neglected_and_vulnerable_endemic_fauna