Omiodes continuatalis

Omiodes continuatalis
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Omiodes
Species:	O. continuatalis
Binomial name
	Omiodes continuatalis; (Wallengren, 1860)
Synonyms
	Salbia continuatalis Wallengren, 1860; Botys continuatalis; Loxocreon continuatalis; Nacoleia continentalis; Phostria continuatalis; Hedylepta continuatalis;

Omiodes continuatalis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, Lanai and Hawaii. It was first cited as possibly extinct by W.C. Gagné and Francis Gard Howarth in 1982. It was listed as extinct by the Hawaiʻi Biological Survey in 2002 and the IUCN in 2003, but was rediscovered later in 2003.

Full-grown larvae are 28–30 mm long. It is 13–15 mm long and very dark brown. The pupal period lasts 12–15 days.

References

^ Haines, W.; Walker, A. (2022). "Omiodes continuatalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T44543A164008299. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1958). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 8 Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea. University of Hawaii Press. hdl:10125/7337.
Rediscovery of five species of Omiodes Guenée (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on Hawaiʻi Island

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[iucn_status_9_December_2022-1] Haines, W.; Walker, A. (2022). "Omiodes continuatalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T44543A164008299. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

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