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''Mestolobes'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s of the family
Crambidae Crambidae comprises the grass moth family of lepidopterans. They are variable in appearance, with the nominal subfamily Crambinae (grass moths) taking up closely folded postures on grass stems where they are inconspicuous, while other subfamilies ...
described by
Arthur Gardiner Butler Arthur Gardiner Butler F.L.S., F.Z.S. (27 June 1844 – 28 May 1925) was an English entomologist, arachnologist and ornithologist. He worked at the British Museum on the taxonomy of birds, insects, and spiders. Biography Arthur Gardiner B ...
in 1882. All species are endemic to the
Hawaiian Islands The Hawaiian Islands () are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the Hawaii (island), island of Hawaii in the south to nort ...
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Species

*'' Mestolobes abnormis'' (Butler, 1882) *'' Mestolobes amethystias'' Meyrick, 1899 *''
Mestolobes antichora ''Mestolobes'' is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1882. All species are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Species *''Mestolobes abnormis'' (Butler, 1882) *''Mestolobes amethystias'' Meyrick, 1899 ...
'' Meyrick, 1904 *'' Mestolobes aphrias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes arctura'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes autodoxa'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes banausa'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes chimonias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes chlorolychna'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes chrysomolybda'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes chrysomolybdoides'' Swezey, 1920 *'' Mestolobes droseropa'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes epidelta'' Meyrick, 1899 *''
Mestolobes erinnys ''Mestolobes erinnys'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Kauai Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 5 ...
'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes eurylyca'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes homalopa'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes iochrysa'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes mesacma'' Meyrick, 1899 *''
Mestolobes minuscula ''Mestolobes minuscula'' is a moth of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii (island), Hawaii. External links

* Crambinae M ...
'' (Butler, 1881) *'' Mestolobes ochrias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes ombrias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes orthrias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes perixantha'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes pessias'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes pragmatica'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes pyropa'' (Meyrick, 1899) *'' Mestolobes quadrifascia'' (Swezey, 1934) *'' Mestolobes quadrifasciata'' Swezey, 1920 *'' Mestolobes scleropis'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes semiochrea'' Butler, 1882 *'' Mestolobes sicaria'' Meyrick, 1904 *'' Mestolobes sirina'' Meyrick, 1899 *'' Mestolobes xanthoscia'' Meyrick, 1899


References


Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Crambinae Endemic moths of Hawaii Crambidae genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler {{Crambinae-stub