Ithome concolorella

The Kiawe Flower Moth (Ithome concolorella) is a species of moth of the Cosmopterigidae family. It is found in the southern United States, including Texas, southern Arizona and Florida. It is an introduced species in Hawaii, where it has been recorded from Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Hawaii and Molokai.

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae are a pest of the flowers of Prosopis chilensis and Acacia farnesiana in Hawaii.

Life history

The egg is inserted into the flower. Usually a light brown spot develops on the external surface of the bud at the site of oviposition. The eggs hatch in 3-5 days. The larvae has a brown head and the remainder of the body is white to pale yellow. The first instar larva usually feeds on the pistil, then on the stamens. It remains in the bud in which the egg was laid throughout the first instar. The second instar larva also usually remains in the initial bud but it may bore into an adjacent bud. Subsequently, as the larva develops, it bores into other florets, eating the inner parts of them. The damaged florets are joined together near the entrance holes. Often as many as 15 florets are joined together in a row, forming a tunnel in which a fully grown larva may be found.

Ithome

Mount Ithome (Greek: Ἰθώμη) or Ithomi, previously Vourkano or Vurcano before being changed back to Ithome, is the northernmost of twin peaks in Messenia, Greece. Mount Ithome rises to about 800 metres (2,600 feet), about 760 metres (2,490 feet) over Valyra, the seat of Ithomi, the former municipality. The other peak is Mount Eva, 700 metres (2,300 feet), connected to Mount Ithomi by a thin ridge 0.80 kilometres (0.50 miles) long.

Mount Ithome is 25 kilometres (16 miles) north of Kalamata on the Gulf of Messenia, 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Pylos, seat of Bronze Age Messenia, and 20 kilometres (12 miles) north of Messini, modern namesake of ancient Messene, nestled under the cliffs of Mount Ithome. From the top the whole valley of the Pamisos river can be viewed eastward to Mount Taygetus and southward to the Gulf of Messenia. The site is highly defensible and yet off the main road; in this case, the Kalamata-Pylos road.

Etymology

Ithome

Like most ancient names the etymology of Ithome is not certain. It is also the name of a place in Thessaly, although Reece notes evidence that the one in Thessaly was originally called Thome.

Ithome (disambiguation)

Ithome is a mountain in Messenia, a regional unit of Greece

Other locations

Science

Ithome (moth)

Ithome is a genus of moth in the family Cosmopterigidae.

Species

Former species

References