Kauaʻi record · KCA-IA-00742
Mouralia tinctoides
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About Mouralia tinctoides
Mouralia tinctoides is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.
Mouralia tinctoides is an introduced noctuid documented historically from Kauaʻi by a 1982 specimen.
Kauaʻi occurrence evidence: The current Noctuidae of Hawaiʻi account states Mouralia tinctoides was reported from a single Kauaʻi specimen collected in 1982; later records from Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island suggest broader establishment in the state.
The cited occurrence evidence does not by itself establish current abundance or population trend on Kauaʻi.
Life cycle
Egg; caterpillar; pupa; adult.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Mouralia tinctoides
- Family
- Noctuidae
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Historic / current occurrence to verify
- Origin
- Introduced / adventive
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Mouralia tinctoides is a member of Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status on Kauaʻi is introduced / adventive.