Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Noctuidae Scientific name Peridroma chersotoides | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Peridroma Rank Species | |
Peridroma chersotoides is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to Maui. It has also been recorded from Molokai and Hawaii, but these references may be in error.
Larvae possibly feed on pokeweed.
Taxonomy
There has been much confusion in the literature in reference to this species. In all the British Museum series, the only examples which can rightly be assigned to this species are the original pair taken by Blackburn.
References
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