Cydia obliqua

Cydia obliqua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Cydia
Species:
C. obliqua
Binomial name
Cydia obliqua
(Walsingham, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Enarmonia obliqua Walsingham, 1907
  • Adenoneura obliqua (Walsingham, 1907)

Cydia obliqua is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the island of Hawaii.

Cydia obliqua is known only from three females collected in 1892 at altitudes of 1,200–1,500 m (4,000–5,000 ft) near Kona and Hualālai. It might possibly be just a form of Cydia plicatum. It is presumed extinct. The larvae possibly used Acacia koa or Sophora chrysophylla as the host.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J. & Brown, J. W. (2018). "Cydia obliqua (Walsingham, 1907)". World Catalogue of the Tortricidae (Ver. 4.0). Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. 1 2 Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Volume 9, Microlepidoptera. Hawaii, Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii. p. 608. hdl:10125/7338.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Austin, Kyhl A. & Rubinoff, Daniel (2023). "Rediscoveries and presumed extinctions of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 55: 11–27. hdl:10125/104856.