Kauaiina molokaiensis is a moth of the family Geometridae first described by Jules C. E. Riotte in 1979.[1] It is endemic to the Hawaiian island of Molokai, where it was at an altitude of 1,290 meters above Puu Kolekole.
| Kauaiina molokaiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Kauaiina |
| Species: | K. molokaiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kauaiina molokaiensis Riotte, 1979
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The wingspan is about 31 mm for males and 36 mm for females. Males are dark wine red and females are clay brown.
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Kauaiina molokaiensis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2019.