A living guide to Kauaʻi
Kauaʻi species, habitats and conservation records
Explore the island’s native and introduced species, habitats, watersheds and conservation work. Each record connects its description, images and sources with the interactive Atlas.
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Diplazon laetatorius
Diplazon laetatorius
Diplazon laetatorius is a parasitoid of hoverfly larvae that themselves feed on aphids.
Eriborus sinicus
Eriborus sinicus
Eriborus sinicus was intentionally introduced against the rice borer.
Gelis tenellus
Gelis tenellus
Gelis tenellus is associated with cocoons of other insects, including parasitoid wasps and lacewings.
Megastylus flavopictus
Megastylus flavopictus
Megastylus flavopictus is a parasitoid of mycetophilid fungus-gnat larvae.
Pachysomoides stupidus
Pachysomoides stupidus
Pachysomoides stupidus develops as a parasitoid of paper-wasp larvae in the genus Polistes.
Pristomerus spinator
Pristomerus spinator
Pristomerus spinator was deliberately introduced to Hawaiʻi against armyworms.
Spilichneumon superbus
Spilichneumon superbus
Spilichneumon superbus was deliberately introduced against armyworms and appears in older Hawaiian literature as Amblyteles koebelei.
Tromatobia ovivora
Tromatobia ovivora
Tromatobia ovivora has larvae that consume spider eggs inside egg sacs.
Chalybion bengalense
Chalybion bengalense
Chalybion bengalense is a spider-hunting wasp documented on Kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus nigricollis
Campsicnemus nigricollis
Campsicnemus nigricollis belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus plautinus
Campsicnemus plautinus
Campsicnemus plautinus belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus hispidipes
Campsicnemus hispidipes
Campsicnemus hispidipes belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus insuetus
Campsicnemus insuetus
Campsicnemus insuetus is a small long-legged fly with striking modifications of the male middle leg, including a swollen tibial region and a projecting, hair-bearing structure.
Campsicnemus norops
Campsicnemus norops
Campsicnemus norops belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus pherocteis
Campsicnemus pherocteis
Campsicnemus pherocteis belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus platystylatus
Campsicnemus platystylatus
Campsicnemus platystylatus belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus amana
Campsicnemus amana
Campsicnemus amana belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus asterisk
Campsicnemus asterisk
Campsicnemus asterisk belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus keokeo
Campsicnemus keokeo
Campsicnemus keokeo belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus kuku
Campsicnemus kuku
Campsicnemus kuku belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus lawakua
Campsicnemus lawakua
Campsicnemus lawakua belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus lipothrix
Campsicnemus lipothrix
Campsicnemus lipothrix belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus longitarsus
Campsicnemus longitarsus
Campsicnemus longitarsus belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus makua
Campsicnemus makua
Campsicnemus makua belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus manaka
Campsicnemus manaka
Campsicnemus manaka belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus neoplatystylatus
Campsicnemus neoplatystylatus
Campsicnemus neoplatystylatus belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus panini
Campsicnemus panini
Campsicnemus panini belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus pe
Campsicnemus pe
Campsicnemus pe belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus penicillatoides
Campsicnemus penicillatoides
Campsicnemus penicillatoides belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus polhemusi
Campsicnemus polhemusi
Campsicnemus polhemusi belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus puali
Campsicnemus puali
Campsicnemus puali belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus spuh
Campsicnemus spuh
Campsicnemus spuh belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus uha
Campsicnemus uha
Campsicnemus uha belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus unu
Campsicnemus unu
Campsicnemus unu belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus waialealeensis
Campsicnemus waialealeensis
Campsicnemus waialealeensis belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus maukele
Campsicnemus maukele
Campsicnemus maukele was described from a male collected by fogging mossy logs and trunks near the Waiʻaleʻale summit, in the Wainiha headwaters.
Campsicnemus ui
Campsicnemus ui
Campsicnemus ui belongs to Dolichopodidae in the order Diptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Campsicnemus pulumi
Campsicnemus pulumi
Campsicnemus pulumi was described in 2019 from a male collected by fogging a mossy ʻōhiʻa log beside Koaiʻe Stream at about 1,128 m.
Nesogonia blackburni
Nesogonia blackburni
Nesogonia blackburni is an endemic Hawaiian dragonfly.
Ischnura posita
Ischnura posita
Ischnura posita, the fragile forktail, was first recorded in Hawaiʻi in a Punahou lily pond in 1936.
Procanace bifurcata
Procanace bifurcata
Procanace bifurcata is a small canacid fly recorded from Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Maui in the 2016 revision.
Procanace nigroviridis
Procanace nigroviridis
Procanace nigroviridis is a Kauaʻi fly distinguished in the revised key by a coppery green facial sheen and brown-dusted thorax.
Eurynogaster mediocris
Eurynogaster mediocris
Eurynogaster mediocris is an endemic Hawaiian long-legged fly described by Tenorio in 1969.
Eurynogaster minor
Eurynogaster minor
Older Kauaʻi stream inventories list this fly as Eurynogaster minor; the 2005 generic revision transferred it to Major minor.
Paraliancalus metallicus
Paraliancalus metallicus
Paraliancalus metallicus was originally described as Liancalus metallicus and is the type species of Paraliancalus.
Saldula exulans
Saldula exulans
Saldula exulans is an endemic shore bug recorded in Kōkeʻe stream collections.
Saldula procellaris
Saldula procellaris
Saldula procellaris is an endemic shore bug recorded in the general collections from several Kōkeʻe-area streams.
Dryadaula advena
Dryadaula advena
Dryadaula advena is an introduced moth currently treated in Dryadaulidae.
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha
Chloroclystis pyrrholopha was initially reported in Hawaiʻi under the provisional name Chloroclystis sp.
Pleuroprucha asthenaria
Pleuroprucha asthenaria
Pleuroprucha asthenaria is a small geometrid whose caterpillar moves with the characteristic looping gait.
Brephidium exilis
Brephidium exilis
Brephidium exilis belongs to Lycaenidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Hellinsia beneficus
Hellinsia beneficus
Hellinsia beneficus is a plume moth introduced to Hawaiʻi against Ageratina riparia.
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Cryptoblabes adoceta
Hawaiian records previously called Cryptoblabes gnidiella or C. aliena were reassessed as C. adoceta using a DNA barcode and female genital morphology.
Ectomyelois ceratoniae
Ectomyelois ceratoniae
Ectomyelois ceratoniae belongs to Pyralidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Ephestiodes gilvescentella
Ephestiodes gilvescentella
Ephestiodes gilvescentella is an introduced pyralid moth.
Trichophaga mormopis
Trichophaga mormopis
Trichophaga mormopis is an introduced tineid moth with a growing published Hawaiian island record.
Hypsopygia mauritialis
Hypsopygia mauritialis
Hypsopygia mauritialis has a documented Hawaiian association with old paper-wasp nests: the island-record paper lists specimens from an old Polistes nest on Hawaiʻi Island.
Opogona purpuriella
Opogona purpuriella
Opogona purpuriella was already recorded from Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, and Hawaiʻi Island when a modern review added Maui.
Dryadaula terpsichorella
Dryadaula terpsichorella
Dryadaula terpsichorella is known as the dancing moth because of the distinctive movements of resting adults.
Disclisioprocta stellata
Disclisioprocta stellata
Disclisioprocta stellata is the bougainvillea looper, a geometrid moth whose caterpillars feed on foliage and move by arching the body.
