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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Peridroma saucia
Peridroma saucia
Peridroma saucia belongs to Noctuidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Brachycyttarus griseus
Brachycyttarus griseus
Brachycyttarus griseus is the grass bagworm.
Alucita objurgatella
Alucita objurgatella
Alucita objurgatella is a many-plumed moth.
Phereoeca allutella
Phereoeca allutella
Phereoeca allutella belongs to Tineidae in the order Lepidoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.
Prognathogryllus flavidus
Prognathogryllus flavidus
Prognathogryllus flavidus was described by Otte in 1994 in the systematic treatment of Hawaiian crickets.
Prognathogryllus robustus
Prognathogryllus robustus
Prognathogryllus robustus was originally described from a female from Kauaʻi’s high central plateau.
Exillis lepidus
Exillis lepidus
Exillis lepidus belongs to Anthribidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Proterhinus basalis
Proterhinus basalis
Proterhinus basalis belongs to Belidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Proterhinus nigricans
Proterhinus nigricans
Proterhinus nigricans belongs to Belidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Orchidophilus peregrinator
Orchidophilus peregrinator
Orchidophilus peregrinator belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Stenotrupis marshalli
Stenotrupis marshalli
Stenotrupis marshalli belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Oodemas comitans
Oodemas comitans
Oodemas comitans belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Acalles lateralis
Acalles lateralis
Acalles lateralis belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian.
Dryophthorus insignis
Dryophthorus insignis
Dryophthorus insignis belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian.
Diocalandra taitensis
Diocalandra taitensis
Diocalandra taitensis belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Myocalandra exarata
Myocalandra exarata
Myocalandra exarata belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Rhabdoscelus obscurus
Rhabdoscelus obscurus
Rhabdoscelus obscurus belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Proterhinus angustiformis
Proterhinus angustiformis
Proterhinus angustiformis belongs to Belidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Proterhinus collaris
Proterhinus collaris
Proterhinus collaris belongs to Belidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Proterhinus miricornis
Proterhinus miricornis
Proterhinus miricornis belongs to Belidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Oodemas swezeyi
Oodemas swezeyi
Oodemas swezeyi belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Dryophthorus pusillus
Dryophthorus pusillus
Dryophthorus pusillus belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic hawaiian.
Striped Rhyncogonus Weevil
Rhyncogonus vittatus
Striped Rhyncogonus Weevil (Rhyncogonus vittatus) belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Rhyncogonus stygius
Rhyncogonus stygius
Rhyncogonus stygius belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Rhyncogonus tuberculatus
Rhyncogonus tuberculatus
Rhyncogonus tuberculatus belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is endemic — kauaʻi.
Hypurus bertrandi
Hypurus bertrandi
Hypurus bertrandi belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Rice Weevil
Sitophilus oryzae
Rice Weevil (Sitophilus oryzae) belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Banana Root Borer
Cosmopolites sordidus
Banana Root Borer (Cosmopolites sordidus) belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Sphenophorus cariosus
Sphenophorus cariosus
Sphenophorus cariosus belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus
Sphenophorus venatus vestitus belongs to Dryophthoridae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Microlarinus lareynii
Microlarinus lareynii
Microlarinus lareynii belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced — biocontrol.
Puncturevine Stem Weevil
Microlarinus lypriformis
Puncturevine Stem Weevil (Microlarinus lypriformis) belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced — biocontrol.
Coccotrypes carpophagus
Coccotrypes carpophagus
Coccotrypes carpophagus belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Coccotrypes cyperi
Coccotrypes cyperi
Coccotrypes cyperi belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Coccotrypes dactyliperda
Coccotrypes dactyliperda
Coccotrypes dactyliperda belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Drosophila ornata
Drosophila ornata
Drosophila ornata is a Kauaʻi member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation, placed in the adiastola assemblage.
Drosophila picticornis
Drosophila picticornis
Drosophila picticornis breeds in fermenting sap flows, an important distinction from the decaying-bark substrates used by many other Hawaiian picture-wing flies.
Drosophila quasianomalipes
Drosophila quasianomalipes
Drosophila quasianomalipes and D. anomalipes are closely related Kauaʻi flies that occur on the same island but differ markedly in morphology and behavior.
Drosophila spiethi
Drosophila spiethi
Drosophila spiethi belongs to the modified-tarsus assemblage, in which adult leg characters are important for identification.
Drosophila villosipedis
Drosophila villosipedis
Drosophila villosipedis has been documented breeding in decaying bark of native and introduced plants.
Drosophila sejuncta
Drosophila sejuncta
Drosophila sejuncta is a Kauaʻi picture-wing fly represented by a Kōkeʻe type specimen.
Drosophila scitula
Drosophila scitula
Drosophila scitula is a Kauaʻi endemic in the scitula subgroup.
Drosophila melanosoma
Drosophila melanosoma
Drosophila melanosoma is a Kauaʻi endemic represented by numerous upland specimens in the taxonomic revision.
Drosophila grimshawi
Drosophila grimshawi
The name Drosophila grimshawi requires special care in this Kauaʻi record.
Scaptomyza anomala
Scaptomyza anomala
Scaptomyza anomala is documented from Kauaʻi wet forest and much drier, lower-elevation settings.
Scaptomyza anechocerca
Scaptomyza anechocerca
Scaptomyza anechocerca was described from Kalalau Lookout material collected at about 1,220 m.
Scaptomyza magnipalpa
Scaptomyza magnipalpa
Scaptomyza magnipalpa was originally described in Drosophila and transferred to Scaptomyza in the 2008 taxonomic revision.
Scaptomyza waialealeae
Scaptomyza waialealeae
Scaptomyza waialealeae is anchored by type material collected on the Waiʻaleʻale Trail at about 1,370 m in 1953.
Drosophila anomalipes
Drosophila anomalipes
Drosophila anomalipes is closely related to D. quasianomalipes, another Kauaʻi species.
Drosophila glabriapex
Drosophila glabriapex
Drosophila glabriapex has type material from Mōhihi Stream in the Kōkeʻe region and is a named member of the Hawaiian picture-wing radiation.
Drosophila crucigera
Drosophila crucigera
Drosophila crucigera is a picture-wing fly recorded breeding in rotting bark of both native and introduced plants on Kauaʻi.
Drosophila eurypeza
Drosophila eurypeza
Drosophila eurypeza was described from Kōkeʻe material collected at about 1,098 m.
Cryphalus negrosensis
Cryphalus negrosensis
Cryphalus negrosensis belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Cryphalus sylvicola
Cryphalus sylvicola
Cryphalus sylvicola belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Coccotrypes advena
Coccotrypes advena
Coccotrypes advena belongs to Curculionidae in the order Coleoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced / adventive.
Bembidion admirandum
Bembidion admirandum
Bembidion admirandum has unusually broad, smooth lateral margins on the pronotum, the shield immediately behind the head.
Bembidion corticarium
Bembidion corticarium
Bembidion corticarium was collected with other small ground beetles in Namolokama litter at 1,340 m in May 2005.
Bembidion teres
Bembidion teres
Bembidion teres measures about 4.3–5.0 mm in the revision and has fully developed flight wings.
Bembidion waialeale
Bembidion waialeale
Bembidion waialeale has reduced flight wings.
Bembidion ignicola
Bembidion ignicola
Bembidion ignicola occurs in riparian collections: five adults accompanied another beetle species in a rocky streambed sample dated May 1991.
