@article {91,
	title = {Conservation status and research on the Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kaua{\textquoteright}i, <i>Tinostoma smaragditis </i>(Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), including checklists of the vascular plants of the diverse mesic forests of Kaua{\textquoteright}i, Hawai{\textquoteright}i},
	journal = {Pacific SciencePacific Science},
	volume = {54(1)},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan.},
	pages = {1-9},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {In 1895, a moth was captured in a mountain home in Makaweli, Kaua{\textquoteright}i, that would captivate and elude entomologists for the next century. Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick), aptly nicknamed the "Fabulous Green Sphinx of Kauai{\textquoteright}i" is a stunningly beautiful moth with green wings and thorax, pale brown hind wings, and orange antennae. Eighteen individuals are known to have been collected on Kaua{\textquoteright}i. However, despite extensive searches in areas around Koke{\textquoteright}e, all the specimens discovered until the 1990s were incidental catches, and the natural habitat and host plant of the moth remained unknown. This study describes the results of extensive searches of the diverse mesic forests with the aim of establishing range, habitat, and host-plant associations of the Fabulous Green Sphinx. In February 1998 a male T. smaragditis was attracted to a mercury vapor light set up in the diverse mesic forest. Subsequently, one other specimen was collected in a similar habitat type on another part of the island. However, the host plant of the moth remains unknown. In this paper we provide a history of collections, a summary of known biology, and a guide to potential host plants, including checklists of vascular plants found in the diverse mesic forests of two locations where T. smaragditis was found, Kalalau and Mahanaloa Valleys on Kaua{\textquoteright}i.},
	keywords = {CONSERVATION, distribution, HAWAII, HOST, LEPIDOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Sphingidae},
	isbn = {0030-8870},
	author = {Heddle, M. L. and Wood, K. R. and Asquith, A. and Gillespie, R. G.}
}
@article {20,
	title = {New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from the Eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia},
	journal = {Pacific SciencePacific Science},
	volume = {59(1)},
	year = {2005},
	note = {see references for other Micronesia lep pubs},
	pages = {97-103},
	abstract = {Twenty-three new locality records are presented for nine species of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from 11 islands and island groups in the eastern Caroline Islands, Micronesia. None is endemic; most occur widely in the Indo-Australian region and the islands of the western Pacific. The Lycaenidae were the most well-represented family with at least eight species. The nymphalid Hypolimnas bolina was the most frequently encountered species, occurring on all 11 island groups. Pakin Atoll, which was visited on two different occasions for a total of 5 days, was the only island group visited during this study where butterflies were not seen.},
	keywords = {BIOGEOGRAPHY, Danaidae, distribution, LEPIDOPTERA, Lycaenidae, Micronesia, Nymphalidae, Pacific Insects, Pacific Islands, Papilionidae, Papilionoidea, Pieridae, Satyridae},
	author = {Buden, D.W. and Sands, D.P. and Tennent, W.J.}
}
