Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00332
Cryptoblabes adoceta
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About Cryptoblabes adoceta
Hawaiian records previously called Cryptoblabes gnidiella or C. aliena were reassessed as C. adoceta using a DNA barcode and female genital morphology.
Natural history and identification
Hawaiian records previously called Cryptoblabes gnidiella or C. aliena were reassessed as C. adoceta using a DNA barcode and female genital morphology. The corrected identification links the population to the Australian sorghum head moth. Older host and occurrence records therefore need to be read through that name correction. The study supports the taxonomic reassignment and Kauaʻi occurrence, but does not report a current Kauaʻi crop-loss estimate.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Modern revision treats Hawaiian material formerly called C. gnidiella/aliena as C. adoceta; Kauaʻi included.
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
- Cryptoblabes adoceta
- Other names
- Cryptoblabes gnidiella / Cryptoblabes aliena (Hawaiian records)
- Family
- Pyralidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Hawaiian records previously called Cryptoblabes gnidiella or C. aliena were reassessed as C. adoceta using a DNA barcode and female genital morphology.