Nuritamburia phyllanthana (Swezey)

Austin, Kyhl A. & Rubinoff, Daniel, 2023, Rediscoveries and Presumed Extinctions of Hawaiian Leaf-roller Moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 55, pp. 11-27 : 15

Nuritamburia phyllanthana (Swezey)

Presumed extinct

This species is known from the type series of seven specimens reared from Phyllanthus distichus (Phyllanthaceae) from Malamalama Ridge, Oʻahu in 1916 and 1925 ( Swezey 1940). No other specimens are known, and targeted collecting near P. distichus on Oʻahu did not result in any specimens. The hostplant has not been encountered frequently by us, although Wagner et al. (1999) considered it “locally common in mesic forest, often on steep slopes or ridge tops, sometimes in dry shrubland” on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, West Maui, and rarely on East Maui.