Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00328
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha
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About Chloroclystis pyrrholopha
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha was initially reported in Hawaiʻi under the provisional name Chloroclystis sp.
Natural history and identification
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha was initially reported in Hawaiʻi under the provisional name Chloroclystis sp. A. The 2023 treatment identified that material and added a Kauaʻi record; the following island-record paper added Hawaiʻi Island. The latter explicitly states that its life history is unknown. Its host plant should therefore remain unspecified rather than being borrowed from another geometrid or inferred from vegetation beside an adult light trap.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. First Kauaʻi record reported in 2023.
Evidence limits
The cited observations describe the evidence currently available for this account. They do not establish a complete life history or a measured current Kauaʻi population trend.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Chloroclystis pyrrholopha
- Family
- Geometridae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Chloroclystis pyrrholopha was initially reported in Hawaiʻi under the provisional name Chloroclystis sp.