@article {150, title = {Platynota stultana, the omnivorous leaf-roller, established in the Hawaiian Islands (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)}, journal = {Bishop Museum Occasional PapersBishop Museum Occasional Papers}, volume = {42}, year = {1995}, pages = {36-39}, abstract = {Platynota stultana (Walsingham) became established on the island of Oahu in the mid 1980s and was widespread by 1989. Although specimens have existed in several collections, this is the first published report of the occurrence of the species in the Hawaiian Islands. The species is apparently native to semiarid northwestern mainland Mexico and the adjacent southwestern United States (not including California), but it has become widespread in California over the last 90 years (Powell 1983). It also occurs in Florida (Kimball 1965: 267) and is a greenhouse pest throughout the continental United States (Atkins et al. 1957). It has a broad range of recorded hosts, including over 25 plant families (Atkins et al. 1957, Powell 1983).}, keywords = {distribution, HAWAII, LEPIDOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Platynota, TORTRICIDAE, Tortricinae}, author = {Miller, S. E. and Hodges, R.W.} } @article {157, title = {Usingeriessa onyxalis (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Nymphylinae), a moth with presumably aquatic larvae, newly recorded from Hawaii, with a synopsis of Hawaiian Nymphulinae}, journal = {Bishop Museum Occasional PapersBishop Museum Occasional Papers}, volume = {42}, year = {1995}, note = {figures missing}, pages = {39-42}, abstract = {The Nymphulinae, a subfamily of crambid moths, mostly with aquatic larvae, are widespread in tropical and temperate countries (Klima 1937, Lange 1956a). They are not native in Pacific Islands between Samoa in the west and Cocos in the east ({\textquotedblleft}Aulacodes{\textquotedblright} eupselias Meyrick, described from the Marquesas, is actually a spilomeline pyraustine [Munroe 1991]). However, 2 non-indigenous species have been recorded from Hawaii. These are Parapoynx fluctuosalis (Zeller), a pantropical species associated with the culture of rice and other aquatic plants, first recorded by Butler (1879), but possibly introduced much earlier; and Synclita obliteralis (Walker), an eastern North American species that feeds on various aquatic plants, but especially Lemna, collected by D.T. Fullaway in 1942 and recorded by Williams (1944). Synclita obliteralis was perhaps introduced with aquarium stock. Both species are figured and described by Zimmerman (1958). The purpose of this paper is to record and characterize a third nymphuline, Usingeriessa onyxalis (Hampson 1897: 149).}, keywords = {Crambidae, distribution, HAWAII, LEPIDOPTERA, Nymphulinae, Pacific Insects, Pyraloidea}, author = {Munroe, E.} } @article {117, title = {Biology of Uresiphita reversalis (Guenee) and comparison with U. polygonalis maorialis (Felder) (Crambidae)}, journal = {Journal of the Lepidopterists{\textquoteright} SocietyJournal of the Lepidopterists{\textquoteright} SocietyJournal of the Lepidopterists Society}, volume = {49(2)}, year = {1995}, pages = {163-170}, abstract = {The biology of Uresiphita reversalis (Guenee) is described, and the unpublished thesis of Mulvay on Uresiphita polygonalis maorialis (Felder) is summarized, The biologies of the two species are identical in many regards, Eggs are cream colored and laid in overlapping clusters of up to 80, Larvae undergo five instars; they are brightly colored, gregarious, and aposematic, Pupae are dark brown, Overwintering usually occurs in the pupal stage, Adults are active nocturnally and are superficially similar, with dark brown forewings and light orange hind wings with brown markings along the outer margin, In contrast to larvae, adults of both species are suspected to be palatable to predators on the basis of their color, nocturnal activity, and absence of sequestered quinolizidine alkaloids in adults of U. reversalis, Both species are multivoltine, Larvae of U, reversalis are diurnally active but feed throughout the night under warm temperatures,}, keywords = {biology, Crambidae, distribution, fabaceae, HAWAII, HOST, LEPIDOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Pyraloidea, Sophora chrysophylla, Uresiphita}, author = {Leen, R.} } @article {24, title = {Larval host-plant testing of Tinostoma smaragditis (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), the fabulous green sphinx of Kaua{\textquoteright}i}, journal = {Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological SocietyProceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society}, volume = {32}, year = {1995}, month = {1995}, pages = {83-90}, type = {Article}, abstract = {A specimen of an extremely rare sphingid Tinostoma smaragditis, endemic to the island of Kauai, Hawaii was collected in late July 1992. prior to expiring, it oviposited 56 eggs of which 79\% were fertile and enclosed, providing a brief opportunity to discover its unknown, larval host-plant(s). Almost 140 species of plants, many endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, were offered to the larvae through a combination of 3 methods. Among the plants was the species upon which the adult was found as well as suspected host plant species. Larvae did not respond to any plant species tested; larvae attempting to feed or actually feeding were not observed. Thus, the host-plant(s) remains unknown. Names of plant species offered to the larvae are provided and are considered unlikely host-plants given the lack of immature response}, keywords = {distribution, HAWAII, HOST, LEPIDOPTERA, Pacific Insects, Sphingidae}, isbn = {0073-134X}, author = {Campbell, Clinton L. and Ishii, Laura M.} }