Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Crambidae Scientific name Mestolobes arctura | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Mestolobes Rank Species | |
Mestolobes arctura is a moth of the Crambidae family. It is endemic to Molokai.
Females have a remarkable, large, broad, apically truncated, heavy mass of black hair-scales, which resemble a shaving brush, at the apex of the abdomen.
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