“Spheterista” flavocincta

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

Presumed extinct. This species was described from a single female collected by Perkins in 1892 near Kona, Hawaiʻi island at an elevation of 4000 ft. Walsingham (1907) described the male of this species as Capua trigonifer, later synonymized by Zimmerman (1978). Records of this species on islands other than Hawaiʻi island are likely erroneous. Capua santalata Swezey, described from Oʻahu and currently considered a junior synonym of “S.” f lavocincta, is still extant and probably deserves its species status restored. True “S.” flavocincta appears to be endemic to Hawaiʻi island and has not been collected since 1911. It probably fed on Santalum spp. (Santalaceae) like its close relatives.

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

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