Published December 31, 2023 | Version v1
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Pararrhaptica lysimachiae

Description

Pararrhaptica lysimachiae (Swezey)

Presumed extinct

This species is known only from the male holotype, supposedly reared from leaves of Lysimachia hillebrandi var. venosa [= L. venosa] (Primulaceae) by Swezey in 1932 on the “Kalalau Trail” at an elevation of 3800 ft. The collecting site may refer to the trail leading down from the Kalalau Lookout at Kōkeʻe State Park.

Zimmerman (1978) listed Lysimachia glutinosa as an additional host, but we are not sure of his justification, as we are only aware of the holotype for this species. Perhaps Zimmerman (1978) believed Swezey’s initial plant identification was incorrect; Lysimachia venosa is an exceedingly rare species, known only from three specimens from the summit of Waiʻaleʻale (Marr and Bohm 1997) until its rediscovery in 2012 (Wood 2013). On the other hand, Lysmiachia glutinosa occurs somewhat commonly along the upper portion of the trail leading down from the Kalalau Lookout at Kōkeʻe State Park (KAA pers. obs.).

Notes

Published as part of Austin, Kyhl A. & Rubinoff, Daniel, 2023, Rediscoveries and Presumed Extinctions of Hawaiian Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), pp. 11-27 in Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 55 on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8159762

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Swezey
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Tortricidae
Genus
Pararrhaptica
Species
lysimachiae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pararrhaptica lysimachiae (Swezey, 1933) sec. Austin & Rubinoff, 2023

References

  • Zimmerman, E. C. 1978. Microlepidoptera. Insects of Hawaii. 9. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. 1,903 pp.
  • Marr, K. L. and B. A. Bohm. 1997. A taxonomic revision of the endemic Hawaiian Lysimachia (Primulaceae) including three new species. Pacific Science. 51: 254 - 287.
  • Wood, K. R. 2013. Rediscovery of Lysimachia venosa (Wawra) H. St. John on Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 114: 37 - 38.