Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00335
Trichophaga mormopis
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About Trichophaga mormopis
Trichophaga mormopis is an introduced tineid moth with a growing published Hawaiian island record.
Natural history and identification
Trichophaga mormopis is an introduced tineid moth with a growing published Hawaiian island record. It was reported from Kauaʻi in 2022; a later paper added Nihoa from specimens collected in 2004. The gap between collection and publication illustrates why a newly published island record is not necessarily a recent arrival. These voucher records establish presence, but do not by themselves identify the larval feeding material at the Kauaʻi collection site.
Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence
Atlas occurrence category: Present. Newly recorded from Kauaʻi in modern Hawaiian records.
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
- Trichophaga mormopis
- Family
- Tineidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Present
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Trichophaga mormopis is an introduced tineid moth with a growing published Hawaiian island record.