''Udea liopis'' is a

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 ...

of the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of

Maui Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Lanai.

Subspecies

*''Udea liopis liopis'' (Maui, Hawaii) *''Udea liopis rhodias'' Meyrick, 1899 (Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai)

External links

* Moths described in 1899 Endemic moths of Hawaii liopis {{Udea-stub